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A Very Real Moment with Prem Rawat
PS: It’s not about perfection. It’s about presence.
Based on my observations over the past five decades, there seems to be a big fat concept that is common among peace-seeking individuals — well-meaning, heart-centered people who are engaged in some kind of “consciousness practice.”
When push comes to shove (or namaste comes to the mall) it doesn’t seem to matter all that much what path these individuals walk. The same big fat concept seems to show up everywhere. And here it is:
Peace-loving people should always be in a state of bliss, oneness, equanimity, and gratitude.
Nice concept, wrong universe.
Yes, of course, all of us are capable of the above — a most worthy aspiration. But to assume we should always be there (and that there is something wrong with us if we’re not) is just a bunch of BS. Even the Dalai Lama gets angry.
Big-time enlightened beings have bad moods and bad days. Shit happens.
