Prem Rawat Unrehearsed Poetry: Approaching Knowledge

The first step is to begin to feel-
to turn down the volume a little bit
and start listening to what is being said
from the very depths of our own being.

listen to that cry to be fulfilled,
that thirst to be fulfilled.

Whenever we turn the volume down
on the outside
and listen to what is being said within,
we always hear this cry.

Everyone has their own journey.

In the discovery process,
everyone proceeds at their own pace.

People listen, and if they are interested,
they pursue their interest.

This is a time we have to trust ourselves
in a way that maybe we never had to
before.

We have to empty ourselves of
emptiness.

It is not a process of giving up,
but one of accepting-
accepting joy,
accepting the possibility
of having contentment in our life.

Preparing for peace.
Understanding
that every day is important,
every moment is important.

This is where we can become simple.
That's who we are.

At the end of the day,
with all the trappings gone,
we are very simple.

When we can start to look at life
from that simplicity,
a very different picture emerges-
a picture that is full of gratitude
and more full of love
than we could ever imagine.

And when there is acceptance,
when the gratitude to be alive
emerges from the heart,
then-and only then-
does this process begin to come alive.

Will we have to give up our religion?
Our house?
Our family?

No.

Will we have to give up our problems?
No, we can even keep our problems.

Knowledge says we are complete.
We aren't missing anything.
We don't have to search.
All we have to do is awaken,
open our eyes.

What we need to do is to become
unstuck from all the barriers
that we have created
and open up to the possibility
that lies within.

All we have to do is admire.

Knowledge is not like a new experience,
but like meeting the oldest friend-
someone we have known
as long as we have been alive.

How do we greet that friend
that we can't talk to in words?
We have to become
just as simple as that friend.

How simple it is
to let the nature of the heart shine.
Our life,
our understanding,
our want,
and our thirst
are all simple.
We are simple.

When we are in that real place,
there is joy.

We have felt the part of us
that is complicated.
What about feeling the part of us
that is simple, the part that is clear?
We can start accepting that life is a gift
and feel it.

Once we begin to feel it,
we're on our way to being prepared
for Knowledge.

Maharaii