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| Maharaji, honorary title, also known as Prem Rawat, speaks to people around the world about the possibility of knowing inner peace and contentment. His message is simple and profound. | |||
| Maharaji (Prem Rawat) was born in India in 1957, the fourth son of the 'satguru' (true guru, there being only one in the world at a time), who had a large following in northern India. His father died in 1966, and Maharaji at the age of 8 became the new satguru and took over his father's following. | |||
| Speaking at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand, he expressed, “Peace needs to be in everyone’s life. Of all the things we have tried in this world, there is one thing we have never given a chance. That one thing is peace. If we want to hope for something, maybe we could hope in our heart that peace will come in our life. The peace that we are looking for is within. It is in the heart, waiting to be felt, and I can help you get in touch with it. It is not the world that needs peace; it is people. When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace.” | |||
| For those who wish to make inner peace a reality in their life, he offers a practical way, which he calls Knowledge. “What I offer people is not just talk,” he says, “but a way to go inside and savor the peace that is within.” More than 500,000 people have received the techniques of Knowledge through his work. | |||
| In 1969 one of Maharaji's chief followers, a Mahatma, came to England and started teaching people Maharaji's meditation techniques (called the 'Knowledge'), including myself, and so a following started in England. | |||
| Born in India, Prem Rawat started speaking to audiences at the age of three and gave his first published address when he was only four. At the age of eight, he started presenting his message of peace throughout the Indian subcontinent. At thirteen, he was invited to speak in London and Los Angeles. Since then, he has presented his message to more than 6.5 million people in over 250 cities and 50 countries around the world. | |||
| In 1971 Maharaji himself arrived in England at the age of 13, then went to USA, and from then until now has been living in the West spreading his message. | |||
| The dissemination of his message, which is made available in more than 88 countries and 60 languages, is entirely supported by voluntary contributions and the sale of related materials. He supports himself and his family through independent means. | |||
| Someone who has Maharaji's Knowledge (the meditation) is called a 'premie'. From a premie's point of view, Maharaji's Knowledge is the way to inner peace, to find your 'heart', with Maharaji as the master of the meditation - teaching it in the first place, and from then on providing the inspiration and grace for the premie to progress. | |||
| For some other people, including ex-premies (like myself), Maharaji is the head of a cult, who teaches platitudes and fluff, and lives off the gullibility and credulity of his followers. | |||
| One thing is undeniable - Maharaji is now very wealthy indeed. Apologists claim that his followers support him for giving them such a wonderful gift, and they are only providing him with the comfortable life-style that he deserves. Detractors say that he has milked his followers through manipulation, though opinion differs on whether he is an actual con-artist, deliberately deceiving people, or whether he himself believes that he is indeed the satguru of this age and that he is as deluded as his followers (my own belief is the latter). | |||
| Throughout his 30+ years in the West, he has constantly re-invented himself to the public - for instance, he is currently an 'inspirational speaker' - but to the serious premie he is still the satguru, true guru or Lord, by whose grace alone will the steadfast and devoted premie reach the ultimate. | |||
| See my web site with a number of articles about Maharaji at http://www.mikefinch.com/mj/art.htm. See also the ex-premie web site at http://www.ex-premie.org. | |||
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Maharaji, honorary title, also known as Prem Rawat, speaks to people around the world about the possibility of knowing inner peace and contentment. His message is simple and profound. Speaking at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand, he expressed, “Peace needs to be in everyone’s life. Of all the things we have tried in this world, there is one thing we have never given a chance. That one thing is peace. If we want to hope for something, maybe we could hope in our heart that peace will come in our life. The peace that we are looking for is within. It is in the heart, waiting to be felt, and I can help you get in touch with it. It is not the world that needs peace; it is people. When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace.”
For those who wish to make inner peace a reality in their life, he offers a practical way, which he calls Knowledge. “What I offer people is not just talk,” he says, “but a way to go inside and savor the peace that is within.” More than 500,000 people have received the techniques of Knowledge through his work.
Born in India, Prem Rawat started speaking to audiences at the age of three and gave his first published address when he was only four. At the age of eight, he started presenting his message of peace throughout the Indian subcontinent. At thirteen, he was invited to speak in London and Los Angeles. Since then, he has presented his message to more than 6.5 million people in over 250 cities and 50 countries around the world.
The dissemination of his message, which is made available in more than 88 countries and 60 languages, is entirely supported by voluntary contributions and the sale of related materials. He supports himself and his family through independent means.