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| Re: I Can't Believe How Anyone Could Believe This Story |  | ||
| Re: Prem Rawat reimagines his childhood -- prembio | Top of thread | Post Reply | Forum |
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I'm not someone who believes everything Rawat says is a demonic lie, I'm sure he says many banal and true things, but I can't believe anyone with history with Rawat could believe that story. I defy anyone to read anyone of Rawat's hundreds of pre-1984 speeches (there are 608 available on www.prem-rawat-bio.org) or even his post 1983 ones (165 available) that have any sentiments like that in them. This is just Rawat going with the times (as best he can) and (ghost) writing something to make premies' hearts sing and maybe attract the attention of a few others dissatisfied with their lives. Here is how he has updated his receiving Knowledge story in that book: I learned from my father whenever I could, often sitting at his feet as he addressed audiences of followers and others seeking insight. I first spoke at one of his events when I was four years old. My message that day was simple: peace is possible when you start with yourself. I had always felt the truth of that in my heart and, despite being so very young, it seemed entirely natural to stand up and share that insight with the people sitting before me. One day, two years later, I was playing outside with my brothers when a family friend came to us saying, "Your father wants to see you all inside. Now!" We thought, “Uh-oh, what have we done?” When we went inside, father asked us whether we would like to receive Knowledge. That was the word he and others used to describe a set of insights and techniques related to self-knowledge. Without stopping to think, we all said yes. That session with my father didn’t last long, and it was only over the following years that I developed a proper understanding of what he had passed on to me that day, and which I will pass on to you. I realized that I had started to gain a much wider perspective on life, better appreciating that we aren’t just shaped by what’s outside us or by our thoughts. There’s something else going on inside too—something incredibly powerful. I already had a sense of the inner world, but it was at this particular point that I started to see how self-knowledge was a route to personal peace and that practicing it enabled me to stay centered and grounded. I felt that Knowledge was giving me focus and confidence when others often seemed unsure of themselves. With Knowledge, there’s no need to be anywhere else or think of anything else. No need for an awareness of anything other than the sweet delight of just being. And I began to understand that peace is not a luxury in our lives; it’s a necessity. Here is how it was written about in 1972 Guru Maharaj Ji was born in Hardwar, India on December 10, 1957. His father, Param Sant Satgurudev Shri Hans Ji Maharaj, was recognized by thousands of Indian devotees as Satguru: the one living master who reveals the ancient Knowledge of the inner self. Walking from village to village, he illumined the hearts of all seekers with the experience of divine Light and the holy Name of God - the essence of all religions. Yet in time this Perfect Master was to offer his full prostration to the Lotus Feet of his youngest son. At two years of age, Guru Maharaj Ji had astonished his family by giving holy discourses, speaking simply but directly to members of his father's household about the importance of realizing God. He soon joined his mother, Shri Mata Ji, and his three elder brothers, Shri Bal Bhagwan Ji, Shri Bhole Ji, and Shri Raja Ji, at public programs where his father was addressing his disciples. Taking the microphone himself, the young Maharaj Ji began giving satsang (holy discourse), speaking in Hindi. "When I was six," Guru Maharaj Ji said, "my Father gave me Knowledge with my brothers in the same room. I was given Knowledge and didn't realize it right away. I knew it was my duty, and l began to meditate, and in about a month I realized it." He then delivered his first English discourse, speaking for over thirty minutes with a strength and authority that moved his audience to tears. His father declared that although Guru Maharaj Ji was small in age, he was great in wisdom and enlightenment, and would one day shine over the whole world as brightly as the sun shines in the sky. Many things in Hear Yourself have revisionist parallels to earlier versions (and this is not the first updating of his shtick) but the story of peace under the magnolias is not one of them. A truer part of the book is this: Technology certainly plays a significant role in my day-to-day life. Flying is important to me, for example. When I was young, I always used to think about airplanes and dreamed of being able to fly. Rawat didn't dream of flying as most of us did, he dreamt of flying an airplane. |
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