Transcendental News, Vol 24. No 2, September 2020

Online courses a global
success
Numbers attending
online knowledge
courses worldwide
have exceeded all
expectations, and as with online
meditations, this option will be
here to stay, in conjunction with
in-person events when guidelines
allow them to resume.
Thousands of people worldwide
have attended Total Knowledge
courses run by Dr Peter Warburton,
Chief Executive of Maharishi
Foundation UK, and have
appreciated both the knowledge
and the opportunity to attend from
the comfort of their homes.
“This course has been such a
tonic in these uncertain times,” said
course participant Julie Eagleton,
from London.“ Raja Peter is a
wonderful teacher, and his clear
descriptions of the higher states
of consciousness, coupled with
his fascinating, personal stories
of working alongside Maharishi,
have been both comforting, and
exhilarating. During the last few
weeks I have experienced subtle
changes in my physiology which I
attribute to the course. Thank you
so much to all for such a beautiful
experience and awakening.”
Equally popular have been the
presentations by Dr Bevan Morris,
Prime Minister of Maharishi’s
worldwide organisation, the Global
Country of World Peace. His
most recent course was on the
main Vedic Expressions used by
Maharishi.
“I have not heard Bevan Morris
speak before and I really enjoyed
his gentle voice and whole manner
of presentation,” commented one
participant. “In other circumstances,
it would not have crossed my mind
to do a course online because I like
going to residential courses where
I meet other Meditators. In fact, I
have found other advantages to
doing it at home.”
Those courses were organised
by the Maharishi Peace Palace at
Rendlesham.
Other organisers of online
courses for Maharishi’s knowledge
include Maharishi European
Research University (MERU) in
Holland whose offerings this
summer have ranged from Bringing
Consciousness-Based Education
to your Nation, to Maharishi’s
19-lecture course on Supreme
Military Science (a preventionoriented
system of defence which
involves creating a “prevention
wing” of the military practising the
Transcendental Meditation and TM-
Sidhi programme to create a strong,
coherent national consciousness –
see book review pages 8-9).
Maharishi International
University (MIU), located in Fairfield,
Iowa, USA, is a world leader in
consciousness-based education,
both at school, undergraduate and
postgraduate level. The University
has experienced a huge upsurge
of interest in its programmes since
lockdown measures hit the USA.
In just a few weeks, 6,218 TM
Meditators signed up for the online
Introduction to Ayurveda course,
a response unprecedented in the
University’s history. “This surge
of interest in Ayurvedic medicine
was sparked, no doubt, by the
Coronavirus,” said University
President John Hagelin. “We
expect many of these students will
want to join our full-time Ayurveda
degree programmes this Fall.” MIU
has the only accredited Ayurveda
degree programmes in the USA.
MIU’s online Introduction to
Ayurveda course is free of charge,
as is the online Group Instruction
of Maharishi Yoga Asanas and
Pranayama. Other low-cost online
courses include Maharishi’s Total
Knowledge and Higher States of
Consciousness course with Dr Peter
Warburton; and an eleven-lesson
look at Maharishi’s First Years of
Teaching, 1954-1964.
For details of many more courses, see:
www.maharishi.online
www.meruvlodrop.org
www.miu.edu/ce n
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