Prem Rawat — The Possibility of Peace Within

Mind over Matter?

Prem Rawat talks about fundamental needs. When you are hungry, he says, “you cannot just say, ‘I’m not hungry. I’m not hungry. I’m not hungry.’ You can say, ‘Oh, it’s mind over matter.’ But not for the basics, not for those things that really matter.”
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Prem Rawat Receives Key to the City from Mayor of Tainan

On May 23, at the invitation of Mayor Tain-Tsair Hsu of Tainan,Taiwa, Prem Rawat was awarded the key to the city and spoke to an audience of 800. “The Peace Ambassador has finally arrived in Tainan City,” said Mayor Hsu, “and we have to collaborate with him to contribute to peace and harmony in this world. We have to trust in peace. We cannot wait for peace to descend. We have to have the confidence in ourselves that there is a source of peace within us that is not only for ourselves but for everyone in this world.”
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Coming and Going of Breath

Prem Rawat talks about the miracle of life. “You want to know how to recognize a miracle? Then understand that today was a miracle,” he says. “And, if tomorrow comes, that is going to be a miracle. And the coming and going of this breath is a miracle.”
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A Simple Story

“I am here to tell you a story that is simple,” says Prem Rawat. “This story is not about animals or kings and queens. It is not about the fulfillment of somebody’s fantasy. This story is about you and me — as we exist, as we are.”
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TPRF’s Grant of US$50,000 Provides Eye Care for 9,700 People

TPRF donated $50,000 to sponsor five eye clinics in India during November and December, 2008, with its partner Premsagar Foundation India. Clinics were held in Ranchi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Dausa, and Delhi. Doctors and optometrists examined nearly 9,700 people, giving eye drops for infections and providing glasses. Maheshwari Devi, one of the attendees, said, “This camp gives eyes to the blind. I was given spectacles after my eye examination. Now I shall be able to do my routine work without difficulty.”
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The Core Is You

“Your life is associated with your jobs, with the things that happen around you. That is not your life,” says Prem Rawat. “The core is you. You exist. And because you exist, there are certain things that also exist. And at the hub is your existence, your life.”
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Emptying the Bucket

Prem Rawat talks about how we have filled our buckets with everyone else’s ideas. “Empty your bucket,” he says. “This is your bucket. At least, it should contain what you think should be in it. Because this life is about you. This gift of life has been given to you.”
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Food for People — Interview with Linda Pascotto

The Prem Rawat Foundation model program, Food for People (FFP), is a10,000-square-foot facility located in a rural area in northeastern India that has become a central part of the life and well-being of several villages in the area. TPRF president, Linda Pascotto, recently returned from a visit to this facility and spoke to Inspire staff.
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Life Is a Road

“What kind of road is life?” asks Prem Rawat. “Some parts are hilly; some are flat; some have a nice, gentle slope; and some way too much slope, slippery,” he says. “Walk. The key is not to measure how many miles you have come, but to enjoy every single step you take.”
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A Moment Forever

Prem Rawat talks about the need to “try every day, consciously, to be fulfilled.” “When I have come home to this moment called now,” he says, “I have no quest for tomorrow, or even the moment yet to come, because it is a moment that I could live in forever.”
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TPRF Funds Breakfast Program for Elementary School Children in the Yucatán

TPRF has extended its work with Compartimos Bienestar y Salud Para Los Niños Maya I.A.P. in Mexico to provide a breakfast program for the 59 students of an elementary school in the Yucatán, who arrive at school hungry because their families face severe poverty. Maria Jose Medina Diaz, President of the Mexican nonprofit organization, said, “The teachers told us that the children were becoming more attentive in class and, in general, appeared more content.”
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A Matter of Reality

Prem Rawat says, “A long time ago, someone said, ‘As far as your eyes can see, consider it to be an illusion.’ Why am I talking to you about illusion and reality? Does it matter that this is an illusion? Does it matter that there is a reality? Yes, it does.”
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TPRF Gives US$25,000 to Reduce Blindness in Rajasthan, India

The Prem Rawat Foundation has made a grant of $25,000 to ORBIS UK, a beneficiary of the 2008 Lord Mayor of the City of London’s Appeal, to support ORBIS UK and the Lord Mayor’s Childhood Blindness Programme in India. Wendy Lloyd, director of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2008, said, “This donation will certainly make a real contribution in achieving our aim to make the lives of future generations brighter. It is enormously encouraging to receive such fantastic support.”
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Because You Are Alive

“Each one of you, because you are alive, will make a voyage. What will this voyage be like? Who are you? What is the purpose of this voyage ? Why does it have to be made?” These are some of the questions asked by Prem Rawat in this excerpt.
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"The Company You Keep"

“If I keep the company of clarity, I will begin to take on the qualities of clarity,” says Prem Rawat. “If I want to have the beautiful aroma of understanding, I need to keep the company of understanding. Keep the right company, and you will soak in their traits.”
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The Prem Rawat Foundation Gives US$20,000 to Provide Eye Care for Thousands in Gaza

TPRF has made a contribution of $20,000 to help St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital continue providing care in conflict-ridden Gaza. The only charitable provider of eye care in Gaza, St. John is open to all patients, regardless of race, religion or ability to pay. Dr. Jom’a El Jazzar, head of the St. John Eye Hospital Clinic, said, “The donation from The Prem Rawat Foundation will have a very real and demonstrative impact on our ability to broaden and deepen our much-needed humanitarian services.”
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Play It With Passion

“The human being is an incredibly sensitive, experiencing instrument,” says Prem Rawat. “Place in it the truth that resides in you, and it will sing out with ecstasy. Play it with the passion it deserves, and you will hear sounds you have been yearning to hear all your life.”
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Prem Rawat - "Keep What Is Yours"

“What is really yours?” asks Prem Rawat. “This breath that just came, is really, really yours. It didn’t go into someone else. It came just for you. From the workings of the universe, something stirred, and this breath came exclusively for you.”
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TPRF Gives US$15,000 Grant to Provide Clean Water to 60 Schools in Pakistan

The Prem Rawat Foundation has made a contribution of $15,000 to the Rotary Club Lahore Mozang, which will add $5,000 in matching funds, to provide clean drinking water for 60 schools in the Punjab region of Pakistan serving approximately 20,000 elementary through high school students. The water system will benefit students, families, and communities by decreasing the spread of disease and improving educational opportunities.
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It’s About You and Me

Prem Rawat talks about the journey of life. “It’s about this life, this existence—not an idea, not a theory, not rules, not some printed pages, but about you and me. The most incredible thing is taking place: you are alive … your existence, your being on the face of this earth.”
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