Peace Is Possible by Prem Rawat

Author:Prem Rawat
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780241385463
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2018-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

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There are many people who think, ‘I need that. If only I had that, I would be happy.’

Very few think, ‘I am happy because I am alive right now.’

If you don’t understand that being alive itself is a source of happiness, then it doesn’t matter how much you know, you are still missing a key piece of the puzzle.

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What you are looking for is inside you.

All the answers you are looking for are

already within you.

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The old man’s milk

There was a wealthy old man who liked to drink a glass of warm milk before he went to sleep. Every night his servant prepared some milk and served it to the old man in his bedroom.

And every night the servant thought about how tasty it looked.

One day he decided to drink a quarter of the milk and replace it with warm water.

When the old man drank the milk, he thought to himself, ‘Something is wrong. This tastes watery. Maybe my servant is tricking me.’

So the old man hired a second servant to keep an eye on the first servant.

In the evening, as was now his custom, the first servant made the milk and took out a quarter for himself.

When the second servant saw this he said, ‘What about me? The boss hired me to keep an eye on you, but I won’t say anything if you give me a quarter of the milk too.’

That night the old man’s milk tasted even worse.

So he hired another servant to keep an eye on the first two. When the two servants took their share, the third servant said, ‘Hey guys, what about me? I will keep quiet if you share the milk with me too.’

That night the old man’s milk was three quarters warm water and one quarter milk. The old man was angry, so he hired one more servant and gave him strict orders to watch over the other three.

That night the three servants took their quarter and the fourth said, ‘What about me?’

But the others said, ‘If you take a quarter, then there won’t be any left for the old man.’

The fourth servant said, ‘Don’t worry I have an idea.’

That night the old man waited in his bed, but his milk never came. Eventually he fell asleep. Then the fourth servant snuck into his room, took some foam from the bottom of the empty glass of milk, and gently put it around the old man’s mouth.

When the old man woke up in the morning he was furious. He called all four servants.

‘I am paying the four of you to bring me a glass of warm milk before bed and you are stealing my milk. You never brought my milk last night.’

‘We did bring your milk, sire,’ said the servants. ‘Believe us. Go take a look in the mirror.’

The old man went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Sure enough, there was foam around his mouth, and the man thought, ‘Maybe I did drink my milk last night.’

Real happiness and gratitude are feelings that well up from within.

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