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CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION AND GovernmentSimilarly, other aspects of nature, such as a pleasant breeze (44.9) orthe cool moon (44.10), would care for Rām.Critical to this prediction, however, is the basis of Rām’s supportof nature. Sumitrā (Ayodhyā Kāṇd, 18.15) attributes his impendingcomfort to his “purity” (x;wc shaucha)—his “sinless” or “faultless”(an` anagha) nature—qualities associated with higher consciousness.Without these qualities, Rām might not have received the blessings ofnature, but as Sumitrā insightfully remarks, “even the Earth must obeyhis commands” (44.13).Sumitrā reveals the mechanics of support of nature in a later verse,where she states that:sUyRSy;ip .veTsUyoR çµgeriµg" [p.o" [p.u"i¤y;" ¤7Ä .vedµGy; k7Ty;R" k7itR" =m;=m;Sūryasyāpi bhavet Sūryo hyagner Agniԝ prabhoԝ prabhuԝshriyāԝ shrīshcha bhaved agnyā kīrtyāԝ kīrtiԝ kshamākshamā(Āraԗya Kāԗd, 44.15)Indeed he is the Sūrya (Sun) within Sūrya (Sun), the Agni(fire) within Agni (fire), the ruler within the ruler, theprosperity of prosperity, the origin of fame, the essence of theEarth.When viewed in the light of Maharishi’s political philosophy, thispassage represents a natural extension of the theme presented in the earlierverses, which describe support of nature in terms of specific aspectsof natural law. Verse fifteen demonstrates that the fundamental basisof these impulses is Rām, the embodiment of self-referral consciousness—heis the inner essence within each element of creation. SinceRām is the simplest form of human awareness, this same relationshipapplies to anyone established in the Self: functioning from that levelone is the total potential of natural law, and thus is the fundamentalessence of every law of nature.164