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consciousness-based education and governmentwhich describe how any government can ensure the success of its economicand other policies through establishing alliance with the governmentof nature. Part II describes how the behavior of the miseryindex reflects the degree of government success in meeting the threegoals of economic policy which are widely viewed as most important bygovernments throughout the world—reduction of unemployment andinflation and promotion of economic growth. Part III summarizes theempirical results and concludes with a discussion of these findings. [Amore detailed description of the statistical methodology and empiricalresults is given in Cavanaugh (1990) and in Cavanaugh (1987).]Part 1:Maharishi Vedic Science and the Maharishi Effect:Implications for Economics and GovernmentMaharishi Vedic Science is the revival of the ancient Vedic traditionof knowledge. It represents a fundamental paradigm-shift withimplications for the social sciences which are even more profound andfar-reaching than those of the shift from the classical to quantummechanical paradigms in physics. In this section we provide a briefintroduction to those aspects of Maharishi Vedic Science which providean understanding of the Maharishi Effect and its implications foreconomics and government.Consciousness and Social ScienceThe dominant theoretical perspectives in the fields of contemporarysocial science—such as economics, political science, psychology, andsociology—are, in the broadest sense, fundamentally behavioral innature, although this behavior sometimes takes the form of expressedopinions and attitudes. In focusing solely on observed behavior, suchbehavioral theories ignore the basis of all thought and behavior—consciousnessor awareness. Therefore, from the perspective of MaharishiVedic Science, these theories are intrinsically incomplete because theyfail to incorporate a satisfactory theory of human consciousness. Thisgap in the theories of social science reflects the fact that the originand nature of consciousness remains one of the great unsolved questionsof modern science generally. The study of consciousness using392