Prem Rawat's March of Shame to "Internationally Respected Peace Activist"
In 2001 Maharaji and his minions began a conspiracy, kept secret from his followers for three years, that they hoped would provide the appearance of public respect and even fame for their Master. It had two tracks. One would associate Maharaji with respected academic institutions and cultural associations. The other would publicise Prem Rawat as an international Ambassador for Peace and philanthropist making large donations to charitable causes in well marketed events. So the Prem Rawat Foundation was created despite a disdain of charity that he and his father had expressed in the past. Eventually the two tracks would merge, 'Maharaji' would fade away leaving Rawat recognised and respected. This campaign would go for more than 25 years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Could this be the only conspiracy ever, only seeking respectability?
Instead of doing something that might conceivably promote peace, Maharaji continued to do exactly what he always had done. Fly around the world, in the most expensive jet his followers could afford, and give them the same old, slightly updated, speeches he had been giving since he was 6. However, where possible, he would also give speeches in rented rooms at prestigious universities. His minions could then create false reports of these speeches, who invited him to give them, who listened to them and what he said. They merely had to omit the parts that referred to His claims that he had a unique role and that He and his Knowledge were required to attain peace and also not to mention his past.
He was also able to be involved in various Cultural Forums where a person who can bring a crowd and a film crew and cost the organisers nothing while also "sponsoring" i.e. providing finance will always be welcome.
They also took advantage of the existence of United Nations Associations. These non-government organisations were begun in 1946, probably at the behest of the KGB rather then the CIA, as independant non-government organisations to raise public awareness of and promote the United Nations. They are invariably small, self-important and can easily be influenced by Rawat's followers with members and donations. The UN has been corrupt for decades and only the useful idiots of the bien pensant left are likely to be involved. Rawat's minions have flooded the internet with stories of Prem Rawat apparently associated with the United Nations but only one or two are accurate when TPRF has donated money to specific UNO departments. For legal reasons dealing with rules for charities Maharaji must always be invited to attend any event. In all these early PR spin bogus events the requests for the invitations originally came from himself.
These are two lists of a transcriptions of speeches made by Prem Rawat and recorded on video or DVDs. There were not that many speeches at Western universities. The last one was in Knoxville and was advertised as a university event. The last speech presented as Maharaji's was in 2008.
Maharaji's March to Phony Legitimacy
Maharaji: Nova Southeastern University, Florida, 22nd March 2003
Maharaji: University of Colorado, 25th March 2003
Maharaji: University of California, Berkeley, 30th April 2003
Maharaji: Salamanca University, Salamanca Spain, 30th June 2003
Maharaji: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 17th April 2004
Maharaji: Universal Forum Of Cultures, Barcelona, 14th June 2004
Maharaji: Sanders Theater, Harvard University, 22nd July 2004
Maharaji: Conference Hall, Parliament of Italy, 27th July 2004
Maharaji: Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi, India, November 7, 2004
Prem Rawat: University of Malaya, 25th April 2005
Prem Rawat: Thammasat University, 17th May 2005
Prem Rawat: Rented Room Oxford University, 28th July 2005
Maharaji: Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, 28th August 2005
Prem Rawat Buying Respectability
Rented Room at the United Nations Conference Center, Bangkok, 12th September 2002
A Journey Homeward Interview distributed on free CDs, 2002
Experience in a Lifetime Interviews distributed on free DVDs, 2003
United Nations Association of Malaysia "sponsorship" by TPRF 25th April 2005
Prem Rawat: Fake 60th Anniversary Committee, 26th June 2005
Rented Room at Parliament House, Australia, 21st September 2005
$120,000 Donation: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) HQ, April 21st 2006
Prem Rawat: Rajiv Mehrotra interviews Guru Maharaj Ji on Indian TV, 17th May 2006
$55,000 donation: Rotary International Pre-Convention, 9th June 2006
$150,000 donated to the UN World Food Program: Miami Dade College, 16th June 2005
EEU International Conferenc ewith Gianni Pittella, 29th June 2010
£70,000 donation gets Prem Rawat into Kensington Palace, London 29th June 2012
Prem Rawat: Parliament of New Zealand, Wellington, 21st September 2006
Prem Rawat Greeted by Mayor in Cusco, June 2013
San Antonio Abad University
£25,000: the Guildhall, City of London 1st June 2007
Prem Rawat at National Dong Hwa University Taiwan, 12th June 2014
Q & A: Prem Rawat at National Dong Hwa University Taiwan, June 2014
Publicly donating money to charity is a time-honoured method of gaining social prominence and respect. I object to Rawat donating so little to worhty causes and spending so much on publicity that makes him appear a real philanthropist. He was just buying photo opportunities for phony PR spin.