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Report: Event in Long Beach – January 29, 2012,
Written by the WOPG Editorial Team
On Sunday, January 29th, over 2,430 guests made their way to the Long Beach Convention Center in order to spend an evening with Maharaji. With his usual humor, he touched on diverse subjects such as the drama of human existence, the disease of unconsciousness, the relationship between questions and answers and ultimately the peace that lies within.

Here are some excerpts from his talk:

All I am trying to do this evening is to draw your attention to certain things that you usually don’t pay attention to — even though you know them. Like clarity, like understanding, like simplicity, like fulfillment. Like your heart. You know these things. But you don’t acknowledge them — not always.

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Written by the WOPG Editorial Team, 01 February 2012

On January 22nd, Prem Rawat returned to the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach to speak to almost 2,300 people. It was the first event of 2012, and he asked those who came to make a commitment this year to their own personal peace and happiness.

Here are some excerpts from his talk:

I’m here to tell you it all begins with personal peace — not world peace. It begins with personal peace: peace within you. Is there one? Yes. Then the question is: What does it feel like? And this question can only be answered with a question. Have you never felt it? Because if you haven’t, you should feel it. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by The Prem Rawat Foundation Thursday, 01 December 2011

The 1st Vice President of the European Parliament, the Honorable Gianni Pittella, hosted an international conference titled: “Peace and Well-being, addressing the founding values of the European Union” on November 28.

Against a backdrop of international uncertainty, including riots in many European cities, government change and continued unrest in the Middle East, an audience of institutional representatives and MEPs joined academics and business people from more than 25 countries to explore the most pressing issues facing Europe and the world today: peace and well-being.

Gianni Pittella and keynote speaker Prem Rawat were introduced by Read the rest of this entry »

The website, wordsofPeace.org has updated the webcasts page. Watch, listen, or download Prem Rawat’s talks by exploring our catalogue of videos on demand, extending back to events that were held in 2008.

The latest episodes of Words of Peace are available in the Online store.

Written by the WOPG Editorial Team
Monday, 22 August 2011 11:00
On August 5, 2011, Maharaji arrived at the Shrine Auditorium — a well-known landmark in Los Angeles — for the first of two events. For well over an hour he spoke about the potential within each person, returning time and again to the metaphor of a desert: with regular rain even a desert will turn into a forest, he seemed to say.

Here are some excerpts from his talk:

If there isn’t the rain of gratitude on this field, it will remain a desert. If there isn’t the rain of that deep, beautiful experience of being alive, then this field will remain a desert. And this fundamentally is the biggest human conflict that a person will face within themselves. Why? Because the potential is there, and it is not being realized. Because you know this field should be anything but a desert. Because you know — because you know — that it has the potential to be the most beautiful, green, dense forest. Thriving.
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By The Prem Rawat Foundation Thursday, 14 April 2011 10:39

The severe earthquake that struck without warning along Japan’s northeast coast on March 11 and the subsequent tsunami stripped hundreds of thousands of survivors of the most fundamental necessities. While the island nation of Japan continued to endure aftershocks, the results of the tsunami, and the threat of damaged nuclear plants, people from all over the world began to respond with donations to help. TPRF supporters responded promptly and generously, raising over $130,000 in the first two weeks.

TPRF has awarded US$100,000 of the donations targeted for Japan Read the rest of this entry »

The ongoing challenges facing the people of Japan is almost incomprehensible. If you would like to help by providing financial support to the relief effort, you may do so through The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF). Read more on the TPRF home page.

By the WOPG Editorial Team
Monday, 28 February 2011 09:36
In Shah Alam — a metropolis on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur — Maharaji arrived mid-morning to speak to an audience of people who have already learned the techniques of Knowledge: a practical way he teaches to turn within. Catering to the diverse crowd of international guests, translation was provided in Tamil, Mandarin and Hindi.

Here are some excerpts from his talk:

“Sorrow isn’t a ‘thing’ floating around, like a gob in space that comes and descends on you and, all of a sudden, you feel sorrow. Sorrow is just your perception. Fear is just your concept — how you perceive something.”

“Perceptions change. When you were young, were you afraid of a cockroach? Absolutely not. It’s only when you heard your mother screaming that you said, ‘Oh my God, I should be afraid of that’. Perceptions!”

“Changes within a certain realm are okay. We have accepted those changes. Those changes that we have not yet accepted, they are the ones that are the harbingers of sorrow.”

By the WOPG Editorial Team
Thursday, 02 September 2010 06:06

On August 1, Prem Rawat arrived in Seattle’s Lynnwood Convention Center to speak to 930 people about each person’s fundamental quest for contentment. Throughout his talk, he emphasized that each individual has the capability and the need to recognize and fulfill their own life.

Here are some excerpts from his talk:

So subtle is this process — this gift, this miracle — that keeps you alive that you hardly notice it. And I have a means to make you notice it. I have the most incredible tool that will make you notice it. And when you notice it, and when you feel it, you will be filled with joy, peace, tranquility, serenity, understanding — all of them. They all link together. Read the rest of this entry »

The United Nations’ annual International Day of Peace was held on September 21. The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF)has announced that the video ‘A Message of Peace’ was included in the United Nations’International Day of Peace Global Broadcast.

Watch the video.