In the early afternoon of July 8, a long line of people formed outside the doors of the Camoes Theatre in East Lisbon, near the river Tagus. Many had come at the last moment hoping to get a ticket to the address Prem Rawat would be giving that evening. As the afternoon wore on and the crowd swelled, it became clear that the hall would soon be packed. Anxiety grew as the number of available tickets shrank, leaving over 300 people waiting to get in. In the end, space was found to fit everyone and the event began.

Here are some excerpts from his talk that day:

Are you interested in increasing the value of this time that you have on the face of this earth? I’m not here to fill your head with who you were in your last lifetime. I’m not here to fill your head with what’s going to happen to you after you die, because I don’t think you can afford to speculate. I don’t think you can afford to say, 'I think this will happen to me after I die.' Because what you have to do, you have to do now.  

'Why am I here? What am I doing here? What is the purpose of my life?' Either you have asked these questions or you haven’t—yet. There’s only a matter of time before you will. And every single generation asks these questions; people have been asking these questions as far back as you can go in time, and nobody has the answer for them. Because the answer to these questions can only be felt.

Pain is pain. Suffering is suffering. And peace is peace. Regardless of your money, regardless of your stature, regardless of your accomplishments, peace is peace. Regardless of your failures, peace is peace. This heart wants that peace, and that's it. That is the only way to be fulfilled.

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