Monday August 31, 2009, 10:16 pm
“I admire. And when you are touched with admiration, then gratitude is not far behind.

Then comes gratitude. Then what happens? When you get gratitude, then what happens? Ah. Then, you get passion. And then what happens? Ah, then you get compassion. And then what happens? Then you have understanding. And the cycle continues. And it evolves. And who evolves in this cycle? You evolve in this cycle. In this cycle of gratitude, of compassion, of understanding, of growth.

All these. All these become your friends.” maharaji

Monday August 31, 2009, 10:17 pm
The Grandeur of the Heart !

When human beings build monuments to their accomplishments, they belittle people. When people stand in front of these buildings, they feel tiny. They have to look up to see them, and they find themselves very small by comparison. That's called "grandeur".

In the creation of your heart, the monument is in proportion to you. Within you is the grandeur, where you are held in awe. It is the being that needs to be held in awe. This is the vessel from which love comes.

Peace is not going to manifest on some wall. Peace is going to manifest within. That's where we most need it. It is the lack of inner peace that causes the wars on the outside. When peace manifests within, we begin to understand what peace means.




Prem Rawat - excerpts from events held worldwide



Peace has to be felt.
Joy has to be felt.
Truth is not found in words.
Truth is a feeling.

The ultimate truth is within, and the ultimate reality plays out right in front of us.

We are here. That is the truth. We exist. We can feel. We can understand. We can be fulfilled.









The life we have needs to be apparent. It's not something we can do on the side. Clarity also needs to be apparent to us, not just to some people who have been given the responsibility of "being clear."

I say stand on your own two feet.

People say I am "controversial". I know what it means, but out of interest I looked it up in the dictionary to see what the formal definition was.

Basically, it means somebody who walks the other way.











I'm going in another direction, but not just to simply walk against the crowd. I cannot be foolhardy in this life. Each breath is too precious. Each moment in this life is too precious. I cannot afford to take chances. I need to walk in the direction I know and to walk with clarity, not ambiguity.









How do I know? I have a compass, and I call it the heart. It's a wonderful compass. It is precise, and it is so real. It points us in the direction of life. People ask if I'm talking about hearing voices from inside. No, the heart doesn't tell you what kind of car to buy.

The heart is that cry, that call, that says, "Be fulfilled. Quench this thirst. Live this life consciously. Extract everything that this breath has brought, as much as you can. Be alive. Exist."









Some of us have gotten good at the "ostrich syndrome." We dig a hole, bury our head, and think the problems will go away. That's not living. Living is when we feel from the inside out the joy of being alive.



Picture of Maharaji







What I talk about is each one of us being in peace. That is number one. There is no substitute for that. We need to have peace in our life. These are not empty words. This is real. This possibility is very, very real. Let your heart be the judge. How far away from you is it? It is within each of us. That's how close it is. What we're all looking for ultimately is within us.
Maharaji

Tuesday September 1, 2009, 3:18 am
Simply lovely. Thank you very much for this special treat. I love Rumi

Tuesday September 1, 2009, 5:38 pm
Rumi wrote so long ago and yet his writing is so up to date...which is another way of saying that we humans have evolved very little in the last few centuries...I am so glad that are now entire threads of Rumi works here on the Internet where I can get lost for a while in the wonder and beauty of his vision.

Tuesday September 1, 2009, 10:53 pm
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled....
You feel it, don't you? You feel the separation from the Beloved.

Invite Him to fill you up, embrace the fire.
Remind those who tell you other...wise that love
comes to you of its own accord, and the yearning for it cannot be learned in any school

There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life. There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that mine.
O traveler, if you are in search of that, don't look outside, look inside yourself and seek that.
♥ Rumi