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Prem Rawat says that wherever he goes, people want peace. But when he asks what peace is, he says, “Everybody has their own version of peace, because everybody is looking at it from a totally different angle. Peace,” he says, “begins with every single human being.”

Duration: 3 minutes.

Prem Rawat talks about how we are the only ones who can make ourselves happy. “Let it be that I know myself, that of all the people I have tried to understand,” he says, “that I understand myself, because I want the rain of peace, of understanding to come.”

Duration: 10 minutes.

“To understand the ultimate truth, … you have to be utterly simple because truth is simple,” says Prem Rawat. “How simple?” he asks. “With the heart of a child. What does a child have that you don’t have? Simplicity.”

Duration: 8 minutes.

“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.

Duration: 6 minutes.

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.”

Duration: 4 minutes.

“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.”

Duration: 8 minutes.

“I need to do everything possible to pay the most magnificent tribute to this existence every single day of my life,” says Prem Rawat. “And, in turn, when you pay this tribute, it fills you with the gift of joy … the gift of peace … the gift of true contentment.”

Duration: 3 minutes.

Prem Rawat says, “We allow ourselves to be busy, but we never ask ourselves, ‘What are you busy with?’ You’re busy with your career. You’re busy with your life. You’re busy trying to make some dream come true. But where is this headed? How does this all end?”

Duration: 3 minutes.