The following is an extract from a question and answer session given by Maharaji in Portland, Oregon, June 29, 1972. Printed in 'Elan Vital' magazine Volume II Issue 2, Summer 1978:
Question: Guru Maharaj Ji, what does it feel like to be Lord of the universe?
Maharaji: What should I tell you about it?
Question: Just what it's like?
Maharaji: What it's like? Nothing. Because you are not in yourself; somewhere else; one with someone else.
Question: How is it to be like a puppet?
Maharaji: You don't know.... Do you? When you become Lord of the Universe, you become a puppet, really! Nothing else; not 'you'. Not 'I', not 'you' no egos, no pride, nothing else. One with humbleness; servant. Very, very beautiful. Always in divine bliss. Creating your own environment - wherever you go, doesn't matter. Like my friends used to play and I used to sit right in the corner of my ground and meditate (laughter).
I think Rawat has had a little trouble with that humbleness/servant thing. I think he has lots of humble servants to maintain his pink palace in Malibu, but I doubt he is one himself.
