In its role of contributing to the field of Vedic knowledge, MVRI Press publishes books on all areas of science and humanities, examining theoretical frameworks, research, and technology in all fields of knowledge—understood from the perspective of exploration, research, and also the documentation of the history and effects, of Maharishi Vedic Science and its applications.
Published volumes:
Fullness of Life: The Foundations of Maharishi’s Science of Creative Intelligence (2021)
Geoffrey Wells, with Lee Fergusson and Anna Bonshek
Preface by Dr Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace
MVRI Press
Paperback. 452 pages with charts, tables and illustrations
ISBN: 978-0-6489102-1-3
https://doi.org/10.66743/avas6740
“Despite the scientific discovery of fundamental laws of nature and new technologies for the advancement of society, as early as the 1960s and 1970s Maharishi Mahesh Yogi recognised that few people were living an ideal life and the concepts of an ideal person or an ideal society were largely unacknowledged. The term ‘ideal’ refers to a healthy and fulfilled life where individuals and societies are living without suffering. It can also refer to a life lived in an enlightened state of consciousness, both on the individual and the collective level.
These two ideas—individual and collective—are interdependent according to Maharishi and will be examined more closely in this book. In travelling and speaking to people all over the world, Maharishi noted that modern education lacked the ability to apply the knowledge of the laws of nature as discovered by science and thereby lacked the means to develop the full potential of human life and to create a better world.
“By not using his full [mental and physical] potential, man is unable to fulfil the purpose of his life. He suffers in many ways because he is not using the full conscious capacity of his mind or the great energy he carries within himself”.
Maharishi’s fundamental point was that “all weakness and problems in society have their basis in a lack of culture of the human mind, and this in turn is the result of incomplete education. Education is incomplete when it fails to develop the full creativity of the individual and fails to nurture his ability to act in accordance with all the laws of nature.”
To address this inadequacy, Maharishi introduced his Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) in the early 1970s and encouraged its incorporation into the educational systems of the world. The Science of Creative Intelligence, by “opening one’s awareness to the infinite, unbounded value of intelligence broadens the awareness and makes it permanently unbounded, so that no area of life remains foreign. This is the ground of all knowledge—complete knowledge—and therefore is the basis of complete fulfillment….
“We will count ourselves successful only when the problems of today’s world are substantially reduced and eventually eliminated, and the educational institutions of every country are capable of producing fully developed citizens.”
“The Science of Creative Intelligence”, Maharishi went on to point out, “has its beginnings in the observation of the phenomenal world. An apple fell and Newton structured gravity. Closely examining a phenomenon reveals laws which are then found to have application and use in other fields according to their range of influence.
“Just like any other science, the Science of Creative Intelligence is advanced by close observation and study, and what it observes and studies is how one creates. Since the physical properties of phenomena differ, the study of the physical aspects of things alone can neither provide complete knowledge nor present a common basis for all branches of learning. A common basis can only be found in something which is the same in all phenomena and every study.
“Order in nature and man’s power of ordering is at the core of every physical existence and every human mind. The understanding of the nature of intelligence, therefore, can be the common ground of all knowledge. Thus, it is creative intelligence which is the dynamic of interdisciplinary study through which its goal can be achieved.”
Thus, Maharishi’s Science of Creative Intelligence “arose from the major discovery that there exists in every human being the constant source of intelligence, energy and happiness and that this source can be easily and systematically drawn upon by everyone for spontaneous use in everyday life through the practice known as Transcendental Meditation.”
To articulate and activate his intention of reinvigorating individual and collective life by aligning outer life with all the laws of nature, with what he called the “common ground of all knowledge” in creative intelligence, in 1972 Maharishi announced and launched his World Plan. This “admittedly ambitious”, but practical Plan, sought to achieve seven goals for humanity. In order, as he articulated them, these seven goals were: 1) to develop the full potential of the individual; 2) to improve governmental achievements; 3) to realise the highest ideals of education; 4) to eliminate the age-old problem of crime and all behaviour that brings unhappiness to the family of man; 5) to maximise the intelligent use of the environment; 6) to bring fulfilment to the economic aspirations of individuals and society; and 7) to achieve the spiritual goals of mankind in this generation.
To help achieve these ambitious goals, Maharishi founded Maharishi International University to “bring to fulfilment an ideal of life which has been sought by educational institutions throughout the ages: that every man, irrespective of his interests, abilities or background, can develop the full potential of human life through the knowledge and experience that the Science of Creative Intelligence provides”, and created Global Television to “bring the knowledge of SCI quickly into every home, develop the full potential of every individual and family, make every home happy and prosperous, and provide a foundation for happiness to live with man generation after generation”.
In the 1980s, Maharishi went further and identified the “common ground of all knowledge”, as introduced in his Science of Creative Intelligence at its traditional source, in ancient Vedic knowledge: in Veda and the Vedic Literature.
Thus, he introduced the science of complete knowledge, providing a comprehensive understanding of the nature and application of creative intelligence and the technologies for enlivening the infinite potential of consciousness in his Vedic Science—a complete science of consciousness and its expressions as formulated by Maharishi. The term ‘Vedic’, Maharishi explained, includes “the whole path of knowledge from the knower to the known—the whole field of subjectivity, objectivity, and their relationship; the whole field of life, unmanifest and manifest; the whole field of ‘Being’ and ‘Becoming’; the whole range of knowledge from its source to its goal—the eternal source, course, and goal of all knowledge. The word ‘Vedic’ encompasses the whole unbounded field of space and time from point to infinity.”
The practical, experiential technologies of both Maharishi’s Science of Creative Intelligence and Maharishi Vedic Science are the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, including Yogic Flying, which provide every individual with the means to gain direct experience of pure consciousness, the field of pure creative intelligence and the home of all the laws of nature, and thereby develop their full potential.
This book explores the theoretical foundations of these basic tenets and principles of Maharishi’s knowledge as explained in his Science of Creative Intelligence. In this, the book aims to acknowledge the universal significance of Maharishi’s knowledge and its perpetual usefulness for the inner and outer development of individual life, in any place, at any time, in any culture or tradition and, importantly, in today’s fast-paced world with its increasingly frequent local and global challenges.
The Science of Creative Intelligence, with its practical technologies, provides a means for us to unlock boundless creativity, intelligence, and energy, live more and more in tune with the laws of nature, enjoy an ideal life, and solve the problems of our time. To this end, Maharishi said of his Science of Creative Intelligence:
It is beautiful to offer this flower of knowledge to each citizen of the world, whose every thought, word and action contributes to the direction of our time and is instrumental in shaping the destiny of all mankind. To inspire the whole population for knowledge and action has always been the joy of every enlightened individual. Here is something that will strengthen and glorify this beautiful tradition.
As Dr Bevan Morris states in his Preface:
“The Science of Creative Intelligence has been demonstrated by scientific research over the last 50 years to develop individual and collective life in uniquely beneficial ways to offer a better future for the human race. This conclusion is the subject of the present important book: Fullness of Life: The Foundations of Maharishi’s Science of Creative Intelligence.”
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