They may forget what you said,
but they will never forget how you made them feel.
Carl W. Buechner

The heart of a fool is in his mouth,
but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart.
Benjamin Franklin

Peace is Fundamentally Innate

Prem Rawat responds to a question about the world we live in, the universal longing for peace, and the possibility of individuals to discover peace within.
Published in in L’Express Dimanche, Mauritius 2007.

Question.

The word “peace” means different things to different people.

What kind of peace are you talking about?

People go somewhere very quiet and think it’s peaceful. It’s not peaceful; it’s quiet. There is a difference between peace and quiet. It could be very quiet, but there could be a war raging inside a person, and that is not peace. Peace is fundamentally innate, an undeniable feeling that is real. It is so incredibly human to want to feel that peace. It is not in the realm of the divine but in the human realm that peace needs to be felt, and it is human beings who need and want peace. Even so, we get caught up in definitions, saying, “Maybe this is peace, maybe this is peace”, but peace is a feeling.

Peace is a feeling in which a person can say, “Now I feel peace.” No questions, no doubts. It is not a group thing or a painting or anything else. There is a peace that lies in the heart of every human being on earth today regardless of what they believe in or what they do. Even the warmongers—in their hearts, they, too, truly want peace.

[Prem Rawat]

This is the Realm of the Heart.

Aren’t you curious which part of you dictates your life? Both are parts of you, no question about it. Which is the part that makes decisions for you? It’s a very simple question, but it has incredibly profound consequences.

I’m not talking about decisions of what to eat, what movie to see, what clothes to buy, or even who to marry. I’m talking about the decisions that really matter to you. The heart is incapable of making decisions in an illusive world. It does not understand it. The mind is quite capable of making decisions in this world. It does understand it, because it created it. “We need this, we need this, we need this….” The mind has made the world situation confusing. But in the realm of the heart, there is no confusion. There never was and never will be. In the realm of the heart, there is only one thing: To be fulfilled. To find that joy, to find that feeling—not a description of the feeling. What I talk about is not dogmas, theories, descriptions, explanations. This is about finding the joy in your life. And not just once, but to have that joy available to you every single day for the rest of your life. That’s it. If you’re looking for descriptions, explanations, rules, something to believe in—you won’t find them here, because this is the realm of the heart.

Words of Prem Rawat

This Incredible Thing Called Appreciation

Love is not automatic.
It takes conscious practice and awareness,
just like playing the piano or golf.
However,
you have ample opportunities to practice.
Everyone you meet can be your practice session.

Doc Childre and Sara Paddison

celebration of existence

To be content,
To be in peace,
To understand,
To enjoy this life.

To look at this journey—not by failures,
to look at this journey not by successes,
but to look at this journey as it has been given,
as the most precious gift.

That’s what it is.

The most precious gift that could possibly be given to a human being, and here, you have it. It is the sum of all desires fulfilled.
It is everything that you have always wanted.
And it is everything that you will ever want.

This one place within you, where there are no doubts,
where there are no questions,
where there is clarity-
where there’s understanding-
where there’s a celebration of life going on-
and you are welcomed-
You are welcomed to this place to come and
participate.

Take part in that celebration of existence-
Because you are the only one who can go there.
No one else can go there.
Only you can go there—only you.
It’s made for you.
For you.

Maharaji

Peace is the desire of the heart.

We wait all these years to find someone who understands us,
I thought, someone who accepts us as we are,
someone with a wizard's power to melt stone to sunlight,
who can bring us happiness in spite of trials,
who can face our dragons in the night,
who can transform us into the soul we choose to be.
Just yesterday I found that magical Someone is the face we see in the mirror: It's us and our homemade masks.
Richard Bach

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly
endless.
Mother Theresa

Dreams are Free

In your life, what do you see? What do you dream of? Do you dream of contentment, of peace, of fulfillment, of joy? Do you dream of a passion? Do you dream of that perfect melody? Or do you dream of a two-story house and a cute little pudgy dog that gets along with a grey cat? That’s it?

Take a little time out in your life for you.” How beautiful is it that you can be content, that you are alive, and reality dances within you. The most important thing is don’t let the dream stop. The biggest mistake people make is they stop dreaming. It’s not about being old; it’s stopping to dream. When you were young, all you did was dream. Don’t ever stop dreaming. Dreams are free.

The possibilities are endless. And the dream continues to unfold. Part of that dream is that it also unfolds for each one of you—that you find that joy, that happiness in your life.