The Bhagavad-Gita: A Case Study in Vedic Psychology - Maharishi ...

MODERN SCIENCE AND VEDIC SCIENCE
As a specific case study, the Bhagavad-Gita illustrates how the Vedic literature contains
all aspects of Maharishi Vedic Psychology. The Bhagavad-Gita describes in rich
and concrete detail the self-interacting dynamics of consciousness at the basis of the
creative process in nature, the levels of the mind, and the mechanics of development of
higher states of consciousness. It also describes the mechanics of the Maharishi
Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, and the fundamental principle of
collective consciousness by which Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology
improves the life of the whole society. (Please refer to Orme-Johnson & Dillbeck, 1987
and a subsequent article in this series on Maharishi Vedic Psychology for a detailed
discussion of collective consciousness.)
The Bhagavad-Gita portrays in a concrete situation the tremendous power and practicality
of Maharishi Vedic Psychology. The ability of Maharishi Vedic Psychology
to identify individual awareness with the totality of natural law in the field of pure consciousness
is said by Maharishi to bestow on the individual the complete organizing
power of natural law for the fulfillment of his or her own desires and for the benefit of
all others. It is the remarkable fortune of this time in history that Maharishi has made
the Vedic wisdom available to all in a systematic and accessible form, capable of both
scientific evaluation and personal confirmation by each individual. This is the basis of
the enlightenment of individual and collective life so that the world enjoys, in
Maharishi's words, Heaven on Earth.
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