Prem Rawat Unrehearsed Poetry: Peace

There is an incredible yearning that
comes from within each person.

Inside each one of us
peace is like a seed in the desert,
waiting to blossom.

It sees no distinction.
It doesn't care if we are rich or poor,
which religion we belong to,
or which country we live in.

What it cares about is water.
Like the seed,
it lies in wait
for the time water will come.

In our heart it waits
and wants nothing else
but to be fulfilled,
to once again feel whole,
not separated by all the
issues that penetrate our lives.

Peace begins
with every single human being.
Peace is
something that has to be experienced
in every heart.

The absence of war is not peace.

Peace is not an issue of institutions.
It is people who start the wars.
If people start respecting peace,
then there will be peace.

The peace we are looking for
is within us.
That is where we will find it.
Peace is within the heart
of each being.

If we want peace in our lives,
it is definitely possible.

We don't have to create peace;
we have to usher it in.

So many people
are working on trying to bring peace.
Peace is already there
and it resides in the heart
of all human beings-
it always has and always will.

Each of us is a magnificent reality
in a magnificent world,
and within us
is immeasurable peace,
immeasurable joy.

This reality is not in antiquity
and not in modern science.
It is not up in the heavens,
but in the heaven inside of us.

All the good and the bad,
all the things
that will happen and
won't happen,
the wars that will be fought
and the peace that will be made-
the sum of all of that
is less important
than the existence of each human
being.

This is our time;
this is our opportunity to be alive.

The breath that comes into everyone
so quietly,
so silently,
is screaming a message
very loud and clear.

What is the message?

"Now."

Now in your life,
be fulfilled.

Now in your life,
find joy.

Now in your life,
find peace.

Maharaji