Monsoon Journal
A Parfait Media publication
JUNE 2014
Special Feature WORDS OF PEACE WORDS OF PEACE
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very child has heard classic adventure tales about swashbuckling pirates who bury chests filled with gold coins, rubies, diamonds and pearls, and there is always a map where X marks the spot. Of course, for those who want to discover the treasure, the difficulty centers around knowing the exact location of that X. No one could ever hope to find the treasure if they were looking in the wrong place. “If you’ve lost a pearl, where will you find it?” asks Prem Rawat, who travels the world speaking to audiences large and small about the possibility of finding peace and joy in their lives. “The answer is simple. You will find it when you look where it is. It could be in your sink. There is a trap under the sink—it could be stuck in there. That’s not a good place for a pearl, is it? But you will find it where it is. That’s the law of finding: You have to look where it is, not where it should be.” When it comes to being at peace within ourselves, the same principle applies, he says. “Where will you find peace? Where did it come from?” he asks in public events where those who are interested in finding peace come to hear him speak. “It comes from you. You are the carrier of this incredible, beautiful thing called peace.” Unfortunately, Mr. Rawat says, in the complex world we live in, finding peace is not considered a priority. Instead, people
“Prem Rawat in Toronto on Sunday July 13th 2014 at Sony Centre” are constantly engaged in solving problems. But by always trying to solve little problems, a really big problem has been created: People have forgotten to enjoy being alive. “We’re so busy solving problems that we are even trying to solve the problem of not having peace,” he says. “Looking for peace? That has become a problem. “I talk about peace, about the possibility in this life of being fulfilled, because that’s what’s important. “How many days do you have to be alive? If you live for 70 years, that would be 25,550 days. How do they come to you? Do they come to you as yesterday? Do they come to you as tomorrow? They come to you as today. Every one of them comes to you as today—today and only today.” Yet, he says, people tend to waste today in hoping for a better tomorrow. “What good is a bright future to you,” he asks, “when all the days that have come in your life have come as today? You don’t need a bright future. You need a bright today. “Have you ever had one of those days where you get up and you feel really good—I mean, just one of those days, a
day in your life, when, for no reason at all, you feel good? Life is good; things are good. Have you ever had one of those days?” When someone is really at peace, Mr. Rawat says, every day can be filled with joy and wonder. These are words he stands behind, offering a simple way to experience the peace he talks about. “It’s the art of finding. You will find it where it is,” he says. “Where I’m coming from is this: to make that good day that I was talking about happen every day of our lives, because life deserves nothing
less.” That discovery of peace within, he says, must be a personal experience. “You have to feel it for yourself,” he says, “not because somebody is telling you, ‘You are now feeling peace.’ “There is no mistaking when you feel peace. There are no questions. Find it, and find your life. Where? Find it, not where you think it is, but where it is. Then, how can you not be content? You have understood what it means to be alive. You have embraced your existence.” To learn more about Prem Rawat 1 877 707 3221 Toll Free 416 431 500 Tamil 416 264 7700 Hindi www.wopg.org www.tprf.org
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