The Stillness After Prem Rawat Speaks
The peace you are looking for is inside of you
After great performers come to the end of a performance, it is not uncommon for grateful audiences to give them a standing ovation. They clap, they cheer, they focus all their attention on the one who has just opened the door to magnificence. Think Pavarotti. Think Martin Luther King. Think anyone you’ve ever stood your ground for and loved.
What I find amazing is this is how Prem Rawat’s presentations begin.
Before he utters a single word, audiences are on their feet, applauding. And when he’s done? Pin drop silence. Somehow, through his own unique alchemy of wisdom, humor and insight, he finds a way to bring everyone to a place of perfect stillness, back to the very beginning, where there is nothing left to do, but be.
When Prem Rawat is done speaking, I find myself barely able to move. I am stunned, pinned to the back of my chair by an invisible arrow of love. All dramas in my life disappear and there is no “me” left to applaud the end of the show.
What remains is a feeling.
Sitting in the afterglow of this man’s communication of truth is a complete and total joy. Oh yes, I know I must move from my seat eventually. Oh yes, I know I will soon be…
