“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.”
The Prem Rawat Foundation has made a $10,000 grant to the Sierra Vista Rotary Club Charities in Arizona to aid 40,000 Nigeriens by providing sustainable and permanent sources of clean water at in Niger, West Africa. These grant funds will be matched by other Rotary Clubs and The Rotary Foundation, potentially bringing together over $61,000 for this project. Ernie Montagne, Rotary Foundation Director of the Sierra Vista Rotary Club Charities, Inc., said, “The number one need in this area is access to clean water. People often walk miles each day to draw water from unclean open sources where pigs and cattle drink.”
Prem Rawat talks about the human being’s need to be comfortable and avoid pain. “What do you like to hear?” he asks. “That which brings you enjoyment. What do you like to see? That what brings you enjoyment. This is how you are. This is who you are.”
“What is life about?” asks Prem Rawat. “Is it about the excitement? Or is it about feeling a heart full of joy? I have been telling people all my life: Don’t let another day go by without being touched by the magic of what has been placed inside of you.”
TPRF has donated US$4,500 to Mountains of Hope (Montanas de Esperanza or MdE) to translate and produce DVDs, CDs and text materials to bring Prem Rawat’s message of peace to 20,000 indigenous people who live in the northern highland areas of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. According to Paul Murtha, Executive Director of MdE, “The Quechua peoples are very appreciative that such an important message comes to them in their native language. They are well-aware that these days are crucial passage for humanity to a renewal of the human heart.”
Prem Rawat talks about the difference between a true passion and a hobby. “Whatever it is I am passionate about,” he says, “I need for that to be real, not a figment of my imagination. And it has to be amazing. Passion isn’t one of those things that you generate. You unleash it. It’s already there in you. You open the gates, and it comes pouring out.”
“What I talk about is not dogmas, theories, descriptions, explanations,” Prem Rawat says. “This is about finding the joy in your life. And not just once, but to have that joy available to you for the rest of your life. 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.”
Prem Rawat says, “When we come in this world, we’re given seeds. There is the seed of anger, but there is also a seed of kindness. There is a seed of love…a seed of understanding. Whatever seed you have sown in your garden of life is what you’re going to sit under to rest. You have the intelligence to choose what will benefit you the most.”
