“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.”
There are “6.7 billion reasons why there should be peace on this earth—6.7 billion being the population of this earth, approximately,” says Prem Rawat. “And we, the people, can make the difference for peace on this earth.”
There are “6.7 billion reasons why there should be peace on this earth—6.7 billion being the population of this earth, approximately,” says Prem Rawat. “And we, the people, can make the difference for peace on this earth.”
TPRF has made a grant of $10,000 to provide food for more than 750 disabled women and children in Niamey, Niger, who are in various educational and training programs. Mme. Mahadi Zeinabou Sangaré, coordinator of the program, said that the grant will enable women and children in the program facing abject poverty to “stay in the NGO center rather than beg for food in the streets.”
The gift of life is about “that one day, one minute, one second you are touched by the pure joy, the pure reality, that resides in you,” Prem Rawat says. “Wherever go, whoever you are, the gift keeps coming. All you have to do to put your world right is to accept it.”
The Prem Rawat Foundation has made a grant of $100,000 to Community Water and Ecological Sanitation Care (CWESC) to provide 10 impoverished communities with potable water and proper sanitation essential to eliminating debilitating diseases associated with contaminated water. The grant is the third in a series that will help a total of 23 communities and nearly 100,000 people in Ghana.
“You exist. You are alive,” says Prem Rawat. “Gather your strengths, not your weaknesses. What are your strengths? Your strengths are consciousness, kindness, understanding, acknowledging, rejoicing, loving. And when you walk with these, the outcome is beautiful.”
Prem Rawat talks about the possibility of feeling peace and joy and the gratitude it brings. “Gratitude comes when there is a beautiful experience of life,” he says, “when it is not full of words, doctrines, and dogmas, but it is filled with a simple reality.”
TPRF has granted America's Second Harvest – The Nation’s Food Bank Network US$40,000 to provide food and water to those stricken by recent flooding in the Midwest. “We are extremely grateful for The Prem Rawat Foundation’s interest in supporting our efforts to respond to the unprecedented flooding in the Midwest,” states Vicki Escarra, President and CEO of America’s Second Harvest.
“Things will change—you will change—but the passion for joy, for clarity, will remain with you for the rest of your life,” says Prem Rawat. “Choose that in your life. This is a choice that has to be made every day—to enjoy your life.”
TPRF has offered a US$50,000 challenge grant through the Facebook “Causes” page to help thousands of people at risk of starvation in Haiti due to the recent dramatic rise in food prices. TPRF’s challenge to Facebook members is to raise an additional $50,000, for a total of $100,000, which can supply food for 60,000 people for one month. Karen Sendelback, President and CEO of Friends of the World Food Program, says: “TPRF’s generous contribution will not only help the people of Haiti through this critical time but also encourage the online community to donate.”
“The want for peace has been on the face of this earth as long as there have been human beings,” says Prem Rawat. “The need for peace was identified a long time ago. And the need for peace comes from within you.”
