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consciousness-based education and governmentscribers to choose from competing insurance plans and/or providers,thereby promoting competitive costs and higher quality care amongmedical providers. These educational and financial policies and incentiveswill help to ensure that citizens take full advantage of the costeffective,natural health-care services described above.These comprehensive, natural health-care programs, combined withthe above educational and financial policies and incentives, will ensurethat the national health programs of any government take maximumadvantage of the laws of nature responsible for upholding health.In light of the growing medical crisis caused by the widespread violationof natural law and the global reliance on allopathic medicine, itis especially crucial that governments shift their health care approachaway from a “disease care” system towards a “health care” system, whichfocuses on the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. Onlyan approach that raises life to be in accord with natural law, and thatfully harnesses the pervasive intelligence within the human body, canput an end to the current epidemic of chronic and acute diseases. Onlysuch an approach will lift the burden of spiraling health costs, whichare now the single largest financial drain on governments.2. EducationThe solution to all problems lies in proper education. Education shouldbestow the fruit of all knowledge on every student—a life free from mistakesand problems, fully aligned with the evolutionary power of naturallaw. Education should unfold full creativity and higher states of consciousness,and produce ideal citizens capable of fulfilling their highestaspirations while contributing maximum to the progress of society. Byharnessing the nation’s greatest resource—the unlimited creativity ofits citizens—effective education can ensure national prosperity, internationalcompetitiveness, and a leadership role in the family of nations.The ProblemDespite higher educational expenditures, test scores are falling in manycountries (The Economist, 1997). The drop-out rate remains high, andthose who do graduate are often ill-equipped to compete in today’shigh-tech job market. In the U.S., drugs and alcohol pervade the192