{"id":19663,"date":"2020-07-25T07:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T11:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prdev.timelesstoday.io\/no-1-back-to-perfection\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T04:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T09:09:27","slug":"no-1-back-to-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.premrawat.com\/pt-br\/no-1-back-to-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"One 2 One, No. 1: Back to Perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prem Rawat:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

All stories begin with \u201cOnce upon a time.\u201d The story that I really want to tell you also begins like this, but there is a small difference\u2014and the difference is, \u201cOnce upon this <\/em>time there lives you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ONE 2 ONE WITH PREM RAWAT
\nNO. 1<\/p>\n

Prem Rawat:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello everyone. I hope you\u2019re all doing well, healthy, safe.<\/p>\n

So, a lot\u2019s been going on. And I thought I\u2019d take this opportunity to talk to you and update you a little bit. As you may already know by now\u2014if you don\u2019t, I am in Barcelona, in Europe\u2014and I got here; I\u2019ve done an event.<\/p>\n

And of course, we made sure that it was very safe. Everybody was seated with a distance of six feet; everybody had masks on. Everybody had been interviewed, the temperature taken. And the event was very good, very successful.<\/p>\n

And I, what I wanted to talk to you about is something that I said at that event. And what I\u2014one of the things that I had said was about perfection. So, to just give you a little bit of a background on that.<\/p>\n

When I first came to the West, (forty-nine years ago, forty-nine years and a few days ago), a lot of people were really captured by this idea of being perfect\u2014they wanted to be perfect. And they wanted to achieve perfection.<\/p>\n

And I would try to explain to them that, you know, \u201cThe perfection is inside of you\u2014and you can experience it\u2014but we live in rather an imperfect world.\u201d And of course, there, you can take that on many different levels.<\/p>\n

One day, even this body is not going to be around. The population of earth isn\u2019t going to be around; human beings as we know them won\u2019t be around\u2014the earth, as we know it, won\u2019t be around. The oceans, the rivers, the mountains, the sun, the moon\u2014nothing. Everything will be destroyed. Everything will begin (as it began from dust), will go back to being dust.<\/p>\n

Yeah, don\u2019t get overexcited; it\u2019s going to take billions <\/em>and billions of years for that to happen\u2014even though we\u2019re very much trying to accelerate that process somehow. But, again, it\u2019s going to take billions of years.<\/p>\n

So, how, I mean, how can you get close to perfection? Well, there is a way. But you totally have to change your definition of what \u201cperfect\u201d is. And so, if you have a concept of perfection as the infinite\u2014but that\u2019s not going to happen. But there is another way to look at it, and that is that you can be perfectly human\u2014perfectly <\/em>human. This is possible.<\/p>\n

Because that is a journey going back, backwards. Because in your ideas, you want to be \u201cperfect this, perfect that. Really good at this, really good at that.\u201d But what is it like to be human? So then, yes, you have your flaws; you have things that always need improvement. And once you get to one threshold, then there is the next threshold. If you get to one platform, then there is the next platform.<\/p>\n

But what does it mean <\/em>to be human? So, in very simple terms, it means to experience something. That\u2019s the capability that we have; that is the possibility that we have\u2014that we have been given a vessel that can experience, that can think, that can (most incredibly) understand.<\/p>\n

Now, there is a problem with our understanding. And what is the problem with our understanding? The problem\u2014the biggest problem with our understanding is that we have already got a format for everything! So, you know, if you are a Hindu, (and you\u2019re born into a Hindu family or household, and everybody tells you about God), then you\u2019ve already got a format of what that is.<\/p>\n

And it goes like that with everything. When somebody mentions the word \u201cbread,\u201d well, an Indian might think of a phulka<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s the little puffy bread. If you are from the Middle East, maybe somebody says \u201cbread\u201d and you might think of pita.<\/p>\n

If you are from another part, you know, somewhere in there, the same area, you might think of rumali roti<\/em>\u2014which is a roti <\/em>that\u2019s as thin as a handkerchief, (and that\u2019s literally, its name). You go to America and you talk about bread, and you might think of a, you know, white Wonder Bread. And you go to France and maybe somebody says \u201cbread\u201d and you think of a loaf\u2014I mean, a baguette.  <\/p>\n

So, these little concepts, (harmless of course; no problem). But they have defined for you, your understanding. And it is only when you can step out of that format, can you begin to recognize what truly something is and appreciate something for what it is<\/em>\u2014not what it can do for you or how it relates to you.<\/p>\n

And this is extremely important to have in this life. Otherwise, you\u2019re closed off. There is an example that is given in India quite often\u2014and what they do is they sometimes have the oxen going around a well, driving this long arm, (that is then driving the gear, and that is helping the water from the well come out and go into the fields).<\/p>\n

And what they do is they tie their eyes. They put a blindfold on their eyes. And the oxen, they go round and round and round and round and round.<\/p>\n

And the saying goes that when they are\u2014\u201cWhen they\u2019re walking, they\u2019re walking for quite a few hours at a time, and they must think that they have gone so far! But when the blindfold is taken out, they find themselves exactly in the same place\u201d\u2014because they\u2019ve been going around and round and round and round in circles.<\/p>\n

So, I try to look at it this way, that we have this idea of, \u201cI see everything in relation to me<\/em>. This is my this; this is my that. This person is this; this person is that.\u201d But do I see the person for who they are, regardless of what my relationship to them is? Can I do that? Can I let go of the format? Can I let go of what is there that has been preconceived?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like a cookie-cutter. Everything I look at all day long: \u201cI like this; I like that. I have this; I have that. This person looks nice; this person doesn\u2019t look nice.\u201d Well, all of these things as it relates to me. And I\u2019m not saying that there\u2019s anything wrong with that. But then there is the quality that one can have to see something for what it is<\/em>. Not how it should be, but what it is.<\/p>\n

So, you could always look at the moon\u2014\u201cOh, it should be like this; it should be like this.\u201d But to see the moon for what it is. To see that river for what it is. To see this whole nature for what it is\u2014non-judgmental\u2014for what it is<\/em>. Whether it benefits you or not, that\u2019s not the issue. For what it is.<\/p>\n

And when you can begin to also see the people in your life for who they are<\/em>\u2014not in relationship to you<\/em>, but who they are, then you can\u2014only then and then only can you begin to have true appreciation for them, who they truly are.<\/p>\n

And this goes one step more. That when you turn and look at yourself<\/em>\u2014not the fulfiller of your own expectations\u2014but to see yourself for who<\/em> you are<\/em>, this human being on the face of this earth who has the possibility of being fulfilled, who desires peace over turmoil, who wants to be happy, wants to be fulfilled, wants to know, wants to be in that clarity, only then can you begin to appreciate what you have.<\/p>\n

Because so far\u2014if you look at yourself just as the fulfiller of your own wishes, then if you happen to fulfill those wishes\u2014and this is what happens every day to people. That if you fulfill the wishes, everything is good; you\u2019re on top of the world\u2014then if you don\u2019t fulfill your wishes, then you are disappointed with your own self.<\/p>\n

But to have the ability to see yourself for who you are. From the time that you were born, and the time that you will go, that time that defines your life (in terms of time, anyways; not accomplishments, but time), to see that as a gift can only happen if you can truly see it for what it is<\/em>\u2014what it is<\/em>. What is that time?\u2014the most precious of precious times that you have been given, that you have been granted?<\/p>\n

Now, of course, that sounds like somebody, you know, approved it and so on and so forth; that\u2019s not what I meant\u2014it\u2019s somehow made possible. And how precious that is.<\/p>\n

Without attaching all the things to it, \u201cOh, I didn\u2019t accomplish this; I didn\u2019t accomplish this; I should have been this; I should have been that; I should have achieved this; I should have achieved that. You know, I only have this much money; I only have that much money. And then if the\u201d\u2014off it goes.<\/p>\n

So you have become the fulfiller of your wishes, fulfiller of your ideas of who you should be. And you did not look at yourself or truly who you are, as <\/em>you are. Then, how can there be any appreciation?<\/p>\n

A person who only judges themselves, only looks at themselves through that template that they have created in which \u201cYeah, you accomplished this; you accomplished this; you accomplished this; you accomplished this\u201d\u2014ah, if you didn\u2019t? You\u2019re going to have disappointment.<\/p>\n

But is that why you have been given this life? What do you suppose is the reason that this breath comes into you\u2014and brings you the gift of life? That you exist? That you can see, that you can think, you can feel?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re just going to be a robot and do, all day long, what you do, why do you need to feel? Why do you need to feel good about something; why do you need to feel bad about something? Because if the objective is just to be that robot: \u201cDo, do, do\u201d all day long, without knowing why I am doing it, without thinking why I am doing it\u2014and deriving no joy from it but a tireless day…?<\/p>\n

And you\u2019re just happy to come home. Yes. And then all of a sudden, this twist happens\u2014where it\u2019s, all of a sudden, \u201cAh, lockdown! You\u2019ve got to stay at home.\u201d And then nobody wants it; nobody wants to be home. \u201cWant to go out\u201d; they want to do this; they want to do that….<\/p>\n

Because people are really not taking a look at their life as it is\u2014what has been given, every day that is\u2014something is given; something is made possible. Every day of your life means something. Every moment of your life means something. You\u2019re not here just aimlessly.<\/p>\n

That those millions and millions and millions<\/em> of species that came\u2014and little experiments all the way across, and success\u2014so you could be who you are, the two eyes, the nose, the ears, the teeth, the skin, the hair? I mean, who appreciates all that, all that grand orchestration to \u201cwhat will work and what will not work\u201d that this nature put forth to make sure you could be how you are?<\/p>\n

But I know people say, you know, \u201cFamily is number one.\u201d And every\u2014oh, and I\u2019d, so many times I have seen, it\u2019s like, everybody\u2019s like…. And I know that as soon as they leave the venue and they\u2019re off to, onto their direction, it\u2019s like, \u201cAnd no, I don\u2019t have time for my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because again, you\u2019re not\u2014you are looking at your family and you look at your family and it\u2019s, \u201cAnd well, do they fulfill my expectations?\u201d Not looking at each one of the members of the family for who they are<\/em>. But how they relate to you<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And only then, when you can begin to have that vision, that view, to see all that is around you for what it is\u2014for what it is\u2014will you even begin to approach the \u201cperfect human being\u201d who can enjoy, who can appreciate like no one else.<\/p>\n

Your appreciation is unique to you\u2014the way you <\/em>can appreciate, the way you…. And you know, it\u2019s not like…. So, so, there\u2014well, how come, all of a sudden there is a song and it\u2019s number one\u2014but not everybody likes it. How can that be?<\/p>\n

And not everybody likes chocolate. How can that be, right? Not everybody likes vanilla\u2014how can that be? Not everybody likes ice cream; how can that <\/em>be? But it is.<\/p>\n

And of course, that question very much says, \u201cI, I <\/em>see the whole world relative to me<\/em>. I <\/em>like it, so everybody else must like it.\u201d But that\u2019s not the way it is.<\/p>\n

On the contrary\u2014on the contrary, to just look, look around, be. And that\u2019s the only way you can have empathy towards others. Not \u201chow they should be in relation to you\u201d\u2014but who they are, what they are\u2014your friends, your family, the nature, all of it. And then you can be in that position to appreciate something\u2014to appreciate that these things exist.<\/p>\n

Do we appreciate, every day, the rising of that sun? What if, one day, that sun didn\u2019t rise? What would that day be like? It\u2019d be chaos\u2014chaos!<\/p>\n

I mean, you know, of course, there are times when, six months, the sun doesn\u2019t shine up in the North, in the winter\u2014and then, the winter in the South, it doesn\u2019t shine. But that was it; I mean it\u2014but around the equator, it\u2019s pretty much every day it shines.<\/p>\n

But what if one day it disappeared? It would be chaos; it would be fiasco, that everything would be so cold; everything would be so dark….<\/p>\n

And people say, \u201cOh, yeah, I\u201d\u2014but then, that\u2019s a joke, right? \u201cThe moon will still be there.\u201d And well, no, no, no, the light from the moon that you see actually comes from the sun.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like that joke, you know; somebody said, \u201cWell, which one is more important, the sun or the moon?\u201d And the people decided that the moon was more important, \u201cBecause what is the point of the sun coming out during the day? There\u2019s so much light. But at least, the moon shines at night when the light is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that just shows that they don\u2019t know that the light that the moon reflects is the light of the sun. It would be a chaos; it would be a disaster.<\/p>\n

And, you know, do we appreciate? Then we would! Then we would, when it\u2019s like, \u201cOh my God, what happened to the sun? What happened to the sun? What happened to the sun\u201d\u2014and I can just see social media would be going, \u201cWhat happened to the sun; what happened to the sun?\u201d<\/p>\n

But right now we\u2019re just too busy\u2014\u201cBut that\u2019s wrong. And that\u2019s wrong; that\u2019s wrong.\u201d Everybody\u2019s nice and judgmental about everything. No empathy…. And not appreciating something for what it is.<\/p>\n

This is a complex world that we live in. Everybody has their debates: \u201cWrong! Right! Right, wrong.\u201d And we, \u201cNo, no, you\u2019re wrong because it should be like this<\/em>. That, no, you\u2019re wrong because it should be like this<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Make a better world for yourself, of course! In which everybody <\/em>is included, everybody is treated well. But that can only happen when you can have an appreciation for who they are\u2014not in relation to you<\/em>, but who they are; they\u2019re another human being.<\/p>\n

This is nature. It needs to be looked after. Trees do a lot of things. In fact, I once watched this documentary and I was shocked, how intelligent the trees are. But one thing they don\u2019t do is walk, go for a walk. I <\/em>can.<\/p>\n

Should I see that tree as inferior to me because it cannot walk, because I can? Or can I see that tree for what it is? And it is a superb<\/em>, superb<\/em> example of something that went through the different experiments and emerged victorious; it\u2019s there.<\/p>\n

That grass that you see that doesn\u2019t mean anything to you, went through so much experimenting\u2014and emerged as victorious. That bird went through so much evolution to get to that stage\u2014and emerged victorious. Every wave of the ocean, traveling, traveling, traveling, traveling, reaching the shore. You see it\u2014it\u2019s done. It did what it was supposed to do.<\/p>\n

How important is that perfection, that viewpoint, that way to be able to see something? Incredibly important. Incredibly important. It makes such a difference for all of us\u2014for you, me, all of us on the face of this earth.<\/p>\n

So, anyways, I hope that you stay safe, take care of yourself. Again, remember, \u201cDon\u2019t give it; don\u2019t get it.\u201d Simple things: wash your hands; maintain your distance\u2014your mask.<\/p>\n

And you know, we have seen that those people that we always looked forward to, \u201cwill solve our problems,\u201d are incapable of solving our problems. Some countries have done really well; some countries can\u2019t get their act together.<\/p>\n

Again, I look at those countries, and those little countries that have done really well, it\u2019s not like they\u2019re superpowers. They were never called \u201csuperpowers.\u201d But in relation to this coronavirus thing, they are <\/em>superpowers because they\u2019ve done really well. And what, in my opinion, is the \u201creally well\u201d is, least <\/em>amount of deaths. And one death is too many.<\/p>\n

They were really able to help <\/em>each other. As human beings, they came together and helped each other so innocent people did not have to die. Keep that in mind. Keep that in mind.<\/p>\n

Enjoy yourself; be healthy; be well. I\u2019ll see you soon. Thank you.<\/p>\n

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