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Life can be full of questions. On July 7, 2019, Prem Rawat spoke in Manchester, UK about “The Answer Within,” and the practical perspectives explored in the latest English version of his book “Peace is Possible”—themes that have made the book a global hit. (It’s now available in 15 languages.) 

This special Replay includes Prem in conversation with Welsh comedian and actor Tom Price as well as speaking from the heart to the live audience. 

Life can be full of questions. On July 7, 2019, Prem Rawat spoke in Manchester, UK about “The Answer Within,” and the practical perspectives explored in the latest English version of his book “Peace is Possible”—themes that have made the book a global hit. (It’s now available in 15 languages.) 

This special Replay includes Prem in conversation with Welsh comedian and actor Tom Price as well as speaking from the heart to the live audience. 

Life can be full of questions. On July 7, 2019, Prem Rawat spoke in Manchester, UK about “The Answer Within,” and the practical perspectives explored in the latest English version of his book “Peace is Possible”—themes that have made the book a global hit. (It’s now available in 15 languages.) 

This special Replay includes Prem in conversation with Welsh comedian and actor Tom Price as well as speaking from the heart to the live audience. 

Life can be full of questions. On July 7, 2019, Prem Rawat spoke in Manchester, UK about “The Answer Within,” and the practical perspectives explored in the latest English version of his book “Peace is Possible”—themes that have made the book a global hit. (It’s now available in 15 languages.) 

This special Replay includes Prem in conversation with Welsh comedian and actor Tom Price as well as speaking from the heart to the live audience. 

When you get angry.... Mmm, do you ever get angry? Only three or four people in Benin get angry? Wow! I’m moving here. I mean, come on! How many of you get angry? I’m raising my hand.

And when you get angry, where does it come from? Where does it come from? In you? Wow. So, that means.... Oh, do you get angry after you leave home, ever? Mmm? After you leave home, you can get angry? Yes or no? Yes? So that means you don’t leave an-ger at home.

That means, wherever you go, the anger goes with you. Wow! So next time you go in the bathroom and close the door and think it’s private, just remember, anger just came with you. Frustration came with you. Confusion came with you. Joy came with you. Clarity came with you. Understanding came with you. Kindness also came with you.

All these go wherever you go. Do you know that? Wherever you go! This is all... This is you. See, it’s not just you. You look at yourself in the mirror and you go, “That’s me.” No, no, no, no, there’s a lot more going on. There are other ones. There’s another one of you. It’s an anger. You don’t see it in the mirror, but it’s there.

And there is one that has joy, clarity, understanding, and beauty, and kindness, and all these things. And the opposites of all of them go wherever you go. Now, the question is, what do you practice the most? Do you know what that means?

What do you practice? Every day, what do you practice? How long does it take you to get angry? Oh, so you must...you’re good at it.

You’re good at getting angry. So, if you’re good at getting angry, what does that mean? You practice anger? Oh, how long does it take for you to get afraid? How long does it take for you to get afraid? Not very long. Oh, so you practice fear?

That’s why you’re good at it. How long does it take you to lie? Did I ask a personal ques-tion? How does it take you to lie? Not very much, does it? It can just flow right away.

At home, you don’t even say “bonjour” to anybody—your wife, your friends, your chil-dren. You go outside? And it’s “Bonjour.” That’s what you practice, telling lies? You have become good at it.

So I say to you, if you start practicing courage, you will get good at it. If you start practicing kindness, you will get good at it. If you start practicing understanding, you will get good at it. If you start practicing clarity, you will get good at it. And if this is what you want in your life, that’s all you have to do. Practice what you want.

If you practice knowing yourself, you will become good at it. If you practice peace in your life, you will become good at it. That’s the magic formula. That’s how you do it.

– Prem Rawat

A few days ago I was wondering what I’m going to be saying at this forum ... Medicine for Peace—I mean that’s a nice headline. But, is there really a pill for peace? Because that would be nice if there was a pill for peace. You just take it, and you have peace!

So I started thinking, “Is there a pill for peace?” And all of a sudden, I realized that there was. There actually is a pill for peace. Now I know you’re sitting there going, “What? We’re doctors. We have never come across a pill for peace. That would be too good! We could just hand you the pill—and we could take a whole bunch, right, as doctors.”

Well, that would be great. But there is a pill. And what is it?

Well, it’s called consciousness. And to tell you about it more, I will quote Dariya Maharaj. “[Hindi: दरिया सोया सकल जग, Everybody’s asleep. जागत नहीं है कोय। जागे मे फिर जागना, जागा कहिये सोय।]. (Only those who are awake, and awakened whilst awake, are truly the only ones who are awake.) That’s the pill for peace. To be awakened.

And I’ll tell you. I don’t know if there’s a scientific study been done or not. But those people who are happier, who are in peace with themselves, heal much faster than those who are worried sick. But that should tell you something.

And then—what do we do all day long? We worry! We—I mean, I’m sure, so many doctors, you know that when the patient is happy and cheerful, he will heal faster. And what do you start your day with? Worrying. The very thing you know can make you sick! Because we are not awake. We’re not awake, and that’s what it means, to be awake—in being awake. It’s so important.

- Prem Rawat