Maharaji
""Know thyself" has echoed through the ages. This simple statement has been revised and updated, but has never lost its charm or intrigue. We all, in our own ways, want to better ourselves, be it in our career, our family, our friends, our skills-whatever our chosen endeavor may be. So we should, and to this end many avenues are available to us. However, one cannot forget one's self. Knowledge of the self is important-to some, indeed, paramount. Knowledge of the self begins with the self. Your universe resides within you, waiting to be discovered. What does it take? It takes a sincere desire, an earnest thirst. Understanding is a wonderful surprise. That which didn't make sense all of a sudden does. My efforts have always been to help people understand and feel the feeling within. People through the years have tried to place me in a mold, and from the very early years I have not been able to oblige them. When I was very young, people were looking for the "old silver-haired Guru with flowing white robes." I was only eight. When people were flocking to India for their search, I was in the West. When people were looking for sophisticated discourses, I spoke of simple things. When people wanted nirvana, I said, "You need
You are going to use your right thumb to close your right ear, and your left thumb to close your left ear. Use the soft part (fleshy, where your fingerprints are) of the last phalanx of your thumbs (don't stick them into the ears), just gently close the opening of your ears, without pushing. Keep the trigus (small cartilage at the entrance of the ear duct) out. Rest the other four fingers on your forehead and your head. Let your focus go inside. Keep your eyes closed. You can rest your arms on an armchair, or your chest, or on a cushion. If you get tired, put your hands down, relax, and start again. It's a very quiet environment, no external noise, some very nice new-age style music playing. You will sit in your armchair and Maharaji will come and speak. He will welcome you with a few words, make you fill good. Then he will ask you if you can keep these three vows: don't reveal the techniques, give Knowledge a fair chance, and keep in touch. He will say briefly what is going to happen. You will be explained the techniques, one by one, and then practice them. Maharaji was born sometime in 1958, Although back then he was known as Prem Pal Rawat. He along with his father, mother, stepmother, three brothers, and half sister lived together in the neighborhood of Dehra Dun, India. Maharaji's father was a master and when he died he surprisingly requested that his successor be not his wife, not even his eldest son, but his youngest son Maharaji. Although he was only eight years old at the time Maharaji gladly accepted "the challenge and the grace of continuing to disseminate knowledge." The four techniques that will be explained are ways to focus and go inside, to experience what is already going on inside. (What Maharaji calls the 'experience of life'). That means that he will show the first technique and you will practice it, then the second and you'll practice it, etc. Each one of these four techniques are meant to be practiced one after the other, in the same order as they are shown. Keep your eyes closed. Roll back the tip of your tongue against the palate. Gently rest your tongue wherever it goes, without pushing. Follow what you feel, and let your focus go inside. peace." When people said, "Tell us of the scriptures," I said, "Look within you." When people asked, "What is your qualification?" I said, "Judge me by what I offer." To this day, some people see me the way they want to. After all, I guess it is rather inconvenient to see things as they really are. I have evolved, but my message stays the same. Externally, I have changed but within me, something stays the same." After you have finished practicing the four techniques, he will re-explain them again, and say a few words; not to be concerned by time, to find a conducive environment, not
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