Best of Blog: Inner Journey - an Interview with Prem Rawat

Interesting revelations about our “inner journey” and discovering inner peace as journalist Burt Wolf interviews Prem Rawat:

Best of Blog: Inner Peace and Gratefulness

Many people around the world today are looking for inner peace. They are searching in many places, in many techniques, in many books and in many workshops for an answer. I understand this very well because inner peace was the reason why I went to the Zen Buddhist monastery when I was 17. I realised that no one around me could really say with 100% truthfulness, “I am totally in my centre and I have a sense of inner peace”. This made me ask, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?”

I think that anyone who asks that question begins to search and the first place I looked for it was in other people. I met and found a few wise people who claimed that they were enlightened and felt that inner peace, so from that space I asked the question to them, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?” They invariably answered that inner peace is not an experience outside of yourself nor is it an experience inside of yourself. It is an experience that goes beyond that question because it is not an experience that you can find - it is an experience that you have to live in this moment. Read more

Soaring to New Heights

In the late afternoon yesterday we headed up to a high point along the coast to a place we love to visit. As we made it to our favorite viewing point we looked out to see a beautiful white crested eagle soar in the updrafts right past us. I watched it carefully imagining that I was able to follow the currents of life as this graceful and power bird does. Like a surfer riding a wave or a skier riding a mountain, I wondered how do I move more in alignment with the greater forces of the universe?

What guides my alignment, is it my body, my will power, my intuitive knowing, my spirit? As I made note of this soaring creature, I saw a body intelligence guided by its senses, I saw an intuitive anticipation and the freedom of it’s spirit to be uplifted naturally. The bird was flying by being in touch not by mental process. Read more

A Soul-To-Soul Guide To Inner Peace

On my frequent walks in nature I often connect with a deep sense of peace. I wish I could share this with everyone in the world. By doing this together we could experience peace. That sharing would show us how to create peace in the world. Why not join me right now, and we can walk together.

Imagine you are in a beautiful place in nature - one you know well or dream of experiencing. Then imagine that the two of us meet. Soon we are quietly walking and feeling the aliveness; experiencing the beauty; sensing the healing energies; and enjoying the peace of the nature. After awhile we begin to talk softly like we might do visiting a great cathedral. Soul to soul our conversation deepens. As we expand our minds and open our hearts we come in touch with great wisdom about how to be at peace and how to spread peace out into the world. This is our meditative and peaceful sharing:

* It all begins with slowing down and letting our body come to rest. When we slow down we can enjoy being in the moment. Peace naturally arises in the moment. Read more

Joyous Communication

How can I honestly express myself when I fear that others will think less of me? How can I be true to my heart when I fear the reactions of the person that I would like to be able to be truthful to?

During the various seasons as we are meeting with many people familiar and unfamiliar this is a perfect time to be conscious of a new way of dealing with old situations that no longer serve a purpose.

There is no purpose in creating fear or anger within yourself or in others. There is no purpose in bringing your heart to a space where joy and light fade into the mundane disappointments and disillusionments that are inevitable when we go down a well-trodden path that leads to nowhere. Read more

Inner Peace and Gratefulness

Many people around the world today are looking for inner peace. They are searching in many places, in many techniques, in many books and in many workshops for an answer. I understand this very well because inner peace was the reason why I went to the Zen Buddhist monastery when I was 17. I realised that no one around me could really say with 100% truthfulness, “I am totally in my centre and I have a sense of inner peace”. This made me ask, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?”

I think that anyone who asks that question begins to search and the first place I looked for it was in other people. I met and found a few wise people who claimed that they were enlightened and felt that inner peace, so from that space I asked the question to them, “What is inner peace? Where do you find it?” They invariably answered that inner peace is not an experience outside of yourself nor is it an experience inside of yourself. It is an experience that goes beyond that question because it is not an experience that you can find - it is an experience that you have to live in this moment. Read more

Inner Journey: an Interview with Prem Rawat

Interesting revelations about our “inner journey” and discovering inner peace as journalist Burt Wolf interviews Prem Rawat: