20 April 2005 Press Conference Highlights

Opening Remarks

Maharishi: ‘Jai Guru Dev. We have been saying for the past few weeks that we do not have much time to speak now. We are engaged in creating the effect. Whatever little effect we can create, that is worth our while now. We have been here for fifty years. Practically, we have been teaching the people everywhere. Now we have a very clear perspective that the world was living a very immature life, very childish life, mistaken life. So we now, with all the experience of these fifty years, are creating the Peace Government on every level of administration.
 
‘One level of administration of the Peace Government is the enormous number of galaxies in empty space. They are functioning and behaving; more and more galaxies are coming up all the time. The administration is so perfect, so orderly, so systematic, that everything is in perfect orderliness. There is a level of administration which caters for the infinite variety to be run in perfect orderliness.
 
‘Now we are putting this exemplary system of administration on every level of intelligence or consciousness—any level of life. In the world we have different levels of life, some very immature and some more mature. We say that there are some very unintelligent and some more intelligent. Some, we say, are creative and some more creative. Each level of growth has to have a different treatment, like the growth of a plant. When you have the plant in the seed form, it requires a different kind of nourishing. When the seed sprouts, it needs a different kind of nourishing. When it grows, it requires a different kind of nourishing.  

‘Like that, human consciousness has different levels of evolution: waking, dreaming, sleeping consciousness, Transcendental Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, God Consciousness, Unity Consciousness. These are the levels of growth of consciousness, from the complete state of inertia, where there is no consciousness—it is all sleep, deep sleep—to waking, to drowsy. In the waking you come, and you have something. When you go to the transcendental level, it is a different world. Cosmic Consciousness is a different world. God Consciousness has its own different, unique quality of life; the experiences are different, understandings are different, behaviours are different. Ultimately, there is Unity Consciousness—the Totality.
 
‘What was lacking was a very clear distinction in the quality of administration, in the structure of administration. Of course, there is nothing to structure in sleep state of consciousness; it is a state of silent consciousness, completely. Also, you cannot control the dreaming state of consciousness; it has its own topsy-turvy feeling. You see something and you feel like it is a tree, and you see it is not a tree—it is an elephant, or it is a tiger or something. There are some misconceptions, missed shots, you can say; there is something, and you see something else. The waking state is like that; when you see something, it is something else.
 
‘We are setting up different levels of administration to help the people in different states of consciousness: Transcendental Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, God Consciousness, Unity Consciousness. All the time, when you take the world as a whole, there will be some people who have more intelligent, some less intelligent, some very less intelligent, some very unintelligent levels of consciousness. The administration of these different levels of consciousness is not adequate. There are some distinctions: intelligent people behave differently and have a different level of society, and unintelligent people have their own world. Just like there is labour and a supervisor and a director and a manager, like that the work is going on, but governments are not there to handle consciousness as such. Behavioural values are the values of the physical body, but the basis of all that has been found to be consciousness.
 
‘We are structuring Peace Palaces in the world that will have a government or an administration suitable to help the people in different states of consciousness. We teach Transcendental Consciousness, and when they grow into Cosmic Consciousness, then we teach them some advanced techniques. When they grow into higher values, we teach them some advanced techniques in a very systematic way—as systematic as the running of a government.
 
‘Laws are there. When the people are not completely aware of the laws of behaviour on that level of consciousness or on the other level of consciousness, then lack of knowledge of these different levels of consciousness does not give the people competence to behave properly in their own level of consciousness. That is why problems arise, suffering comes, and all incoherence and all difficulties arise. This is because the guidance is not there. Sickness rises because guidance on health is not there. Difficulties arise and people meet with problems and failures, because the guidance is not there.
 
‘We are constructing Peace Palaces, where different departments of the Peace Palaces will guide the people on the level of their consciousness. When they are only in the waking state and have nothing to do with the experience of Transcendental Consciousness, then they are given the techniques of Transcendental Consciousness. When they reach Transcendental Consciousness, they have to rise to Cosmic Consciousness, so they are given advanced techniques. Then they rise to God Consciousness, and then they rise to Unity Consciousness—different levels of consciousness for the different worlds of different states of consciousness.
 
‘We are on a very fundamental level of total knowledge of Natural Law and are showing the people how to govern, to administer, different levels of consciousness successfully. First is the measure of different states of consciousness. Subjective experiences are the real measure of a state of consciousness, whether Transcendental or Cosmic or God Consciousness or Unity—personal experiences. Now this is the subjective evaluation of one’s level of the society that one belongs to, the level of the world that one belongs to.

‘Now, fortunately, our scientists have developed brain mapping. From the objective measurement of the functioning of the brain physiology, they are trying to develop the standards of measurement for different states of consciousness. This will be an objective examination of the physical body to see how and on what level is the functioning of consciousness, whether it is along with pure consciousness or not—whether the waking state is in tune with whatever little there is of Transcendental Consciousness, pure consciousness, or not.
 
‘These different states of consciousness will be measured, and advanced techniques and proper guidance given. The world will have a very systematic, sequential evolution of life. All these odds will not be there in the society, because every man will have the proper evaluation of his level of consciousness and will be given the proper diet, proper medicines, proper etiquette, and proper behavioural values. All these things are different in different states of consciousness.
 
‘There has not been a measure of consciousness so far. That is why the society was tumbling between people in higher states of consciousness and people in lower states of consciousness. The governments have become a complete hodge-podge. . . .

‘With the Peace Government, which Dr Hagelin is structuring with the scientists of every country, every government will have some standard of administration to go by. Every government will be the first beneficiary of the activity of the Peace Government, which will administer different levels of consciousness with different techniques.  
‘With whatever little we have started, there is it seems, I hear, some kind of indication of some more soothing air in the world today than last week and last week. Dr Hagelin, tell the world of the changing qualities of world consciousness. It is a very small measure, but nevertheless, something is indicating that something better is happening.
 
‘I will ask the world press to tell me, in all these meetings, if they feel any rise of positivity and betterment in any part of the world, in any measure. I will ask the press if they have found, in this week, something which they can mention to me.’

Question: Scientists and the Peace Government

Dr Hagelin: ‘Maharishi recently urged the world’s top scientists to take an active role in the administration of their countries and structure their governments to mirror the flawless government of the universe. In this way, Maharishi said, scientists will create ideal administration and raise their nation to invincibility and render life free from mistakes and problems. Many people believe that scientists, with their development of dangerous technologies such as nuclear weapons and genetically engineered foods, are not the saviours of mankind but have actually put the world at risk. How will scientists under Maharishi’s programme save the world and not destroy it?’ 

Maharishi: ‘I am going to invite the scientists, and Dr Hagelin is already ready to do it. We will spend a week or two weeks with the scientists. They will see that whatever they have understood to be the reality so far, a little further than that is Transcendental Consciousness, the level of total Natural Law which functions from a level of invincibility. That can be harnessed by human consciousness, and that will create a coherent world consciousness.
 
‘Coherent world consciousness will be like the lighted candle in a room, and darkness will not be seen, that is all. We light the light, and darkness disappears. We bring higher levels of consciousness. We purify the consciousness of the individuals, a few individuals, and let them live together according to the laws of the administration of the universe. Then harmony will be generated. With harmony, all the disharmony will disappear. We increase positivity, and negativity will disappear anyway. You do not have to fight negativity.

‘It is a very royal stand; that is why we call it a government. The Peace Government is a government as invincible in our world as it is in the universe. Invincibility, the totality of Natural Law, helps everyone’s life and develops the potential of the individual, and this we have been saying all the time. 

‘These are the values which are understandable to those people who are experiencing Transcendental Meditation and its advanced techniques, including Yogic Flying. This is the way to go. Now we are establishing this permanently so that this gift of Total Knowledge, this gift of the Veda, the gift of the land of the Veda, India, will always be available to mankind, and we will have a beautiful world family to live in.
 
‘It is going to be. It is going to be, in the same way as you keep increasing the candlelight—keep increasing the intensity of light, that is all. I would like to ask the world press today to make an appeal to all the financial institutions of the world, whether they are banks or private institutions—whatever they are. Ask them to enjoy celebrating the onset of world peace and participate in the creation of the Peace Palaces as soon as possible.
 
‘Dr Hagelin, tell them your plan for constructing these 3000 Peace Palaces. It can be done in a few weeks. Only, those financial organizations, whose profession it is to give loans, must give loans and participate in the construction of permanent peace homes in the world. In every city of the world, we would like to have a Peace Palace where people of every level of consciousness will be directly helped to go to higher states of consciousness.
 
‘The programme of these Peace Palaces is a great programme—words can never convey the greatness. We only have to get onto producing the effect now. The establishment of the Peace Palaces is for permanent peace on earth for all the future.  

‘For that, we invite the participation of these financing institutions. They can make as much money with our project of creating world peace as with any other building project. This is not a call for donations, but a call for making money, and still doing the best thing for life on earth—peace. Create homes of peace.
 
‘Participate in your own city. Participate in building the Peace Palaces in the cities of your friends. Participate in building Peace Palaces in the cities of your enemies so that your enemies cease to be your enemies; they will be fulfilled in their own life in their own cities. From every consideration, it is very, very necessary that these Peace Palaces are built overnight without waste of a day or night. Then, from that day, we have the world in heaven.’  

Question: The Enlivenment of the Brain Through the Transcendental Meditation Technique

Dr Hagelin: ‘Maharishi, a rather deep and interesting question has come up because of all the focus these days on the brain and the Transcendental Meditation Programme and Vedic recitations’ ability to bring coherence to the brain. The brain has become big news in the media these days, as evidenced by the massive global press coverage on the recent brain conference at Maharishi University of Management. In particular, there is great interest in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain—the so-called CEO of the brain—which is responsible for judgement, planning, and co-ordination of the whole brain. These frontal areas shut down during stress, and they wake up during Transcendental Meditation. What could it be about transcending that wakes up the all-important CEO, the master co-ordinator of the whole brain?’ 

Maharishi: ‘Some activity in the brain produces a corresponding experience. Any experience means some activity in the brain. Some physiological sensation in some part of the brain produces some activity such that the eyes begin to see, the ears begin to hear, and all these different experiences.
 
‘In Transcendental Meditation, there is no one point of experience, no one area of the brain functions. It is the functioning of the total brain that experiences that unbounded field of intelligence itself. The experiencer experiences his boundless existence—unbounded intelligence. That is why it is called “transcendental”, it transcends boundaries. When experience transcends boundaries, the total brain is utilized and every aspect of the brain is alert. The whole brain physiology functions. There is no other experience than this experience of unbounded consciousness itself that can use all aspects of the brain. When all aspects of the brain are fully alert, then we say that cosmic intelligence is awake.
 
‘Brain physiology has the competence to function in totality and thereby comprehend the unbounded transcendental field of consciousness pervading everything, at the basis of everything. Total Natural Law is a value that is lively on this level of consciousness—total Natural Law. When total Natural Law is lively, then you can influence, organize, and administer all things from the supreme level of unified energy and unified intelligence. This is a supreme level of living life on earth.
 
‘Total Natural Law is lively when the total brain physiology functions. That is why all these experiments have been done, though not enough. Experiments could be done eternally, and always they will come out with something more next time. When the total brain begins to function, by habit through regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation Technique and all that we have been teaching for fifty years, then its functioning is the basis of all functionings.
 
‘All kinds of activities have their basis, their source, in the non-functioning, fully awake, self-referral consciousness, which relates to the total brain functioning. This human brain functioning has that competence to function on a level which is the level of functioning of the government of the universe. While functioning in the relative, it is completely functioning on the level of the absolute.
 
‘This is a level which does not leave out any aspect of silence or any aspect of dynamism. All aspects of silence and all aspects of dynamism are there at the same time, and this is why the total brain functions and enlivens total silence and total dynamism. This is Unity state of consciousness, Brahmi Chetana in Vedic terms, the unified state of self-referral consciousness in terms of physics and all that Dr Hagelin has described in terms of chemistry and mathematics. Dr Hagelin specified in his introductory talk today, “These are the words from chemistry; these are the words from mathematics; these are the words from biology; these are the words from Vedic Science.” It is very clearly indicated. Relate that with this functioning of the total brain.
 
‘It is like a billionaire. When he does business from his level, then he is a billionaire. If a billionaire functions from the level of millionaires, then he is not intelligent because he is not enjoying life to the fullest possible degree. The joy of life, successful living of life, achievement in life, depends upon the use of consciousness. The use of consciousness depends upon how the brain physiology functions, and how the brain physiology functions depends on the level of consciousness. Consciousness depends on the level of physiology.
 
‘This simultaneity, or coexistence, of consciousness and physiology is a great discovery in the field of science. It is a great discovery in the field of art. It is a great, great discovery in the field of commerce. Commerce changes here and there, so here is something which behaves in a field of silence. Silence and behaviour, dynamism and knowledge; it is a very complete living of life. Life has to be cultured this way.
 
‘Now we have the administration. We have the administration of the Peace Government, which will peacefully handle this peaceful functioning of the physiology—all peaceful functioning of the physiology, all quiet functioning of Natural Law. Natural Law was out of hand and was dumped into the field of ignorance. It was suffering in the wastepaper basket. Man thought he was a practical man, but total practicality was hidden from view and was not available to man. Now this new Peace Government will do it quickly. 

‘This establishment of the new government is from two levels. I got frustrated with the existing governments. . . . Then I thought to pacify my own frustration. I thought, “Why ask them to do? Why not do it yourself? Someone who has the light, he only can show the light to others. Why waste time in asking other people? Why waste time in asking and suggesting other people do it? Why not do it?” From this frustration, and from the possession of the solution, came out this thought that, “Let’s do it ourselves. If very immature people can form governments, why can’t we do it? We can do it more successfully, more easily, more comprehensively.” 

‘We created a world government. All these governments are concepts—simple concepts, just concepts. So we conceived of a global government. . . .
 
‘From these two values—frustration on the one side, and fulfilment on the other side, because we have the solution—we thought, why not give it to the people?
 
‘It is a very good thing. Dr Hagelin is now asking all the scientists to wake up to their responsibility. At least some scientists—even a few, one or two—are there in each country, who are more sensible about the finer aspects of Natural Law. They are better; they are more intelligent; their consciousness is more awake than others. They are to become aware of the Totality. One more step ahead is the practicality of starting to function from that level of the Unified Field, from that level of total consciousness.
 
‘The material is there, and now they will be collected soon. I will spend a week or two weeks with them. They are already intelligent: I do not have to do much with them. Only, they have to start experiencing that thing which they are aiming at discovering after some time. They will find fulfilment in their own programme of researching the reality, and then they will be the silent administrators of their level of consciousness.
 
‘That will be one level—the national level of the Peace Government everywhere. Like that, there will be a state level of government and a city level of government. The mayors, governors, and presidents are there. It is a very good thing.
 
‘Only, individuals have to think they are compelled to pay tax to their government. You pay tax, and what do you get from the government? You get some good roads, some electricity, some organization of the waking state of consciousness. Like that, every single individual must think it is his duty. Whether he is asked or not asked, he should pay some waves of delight—we do not say tax. It is everyone’s joy to contribute his share of wealth to help build and run these Peace Palaces, and as many Peace Palaces as possible everywhere in the world so that any man anywhere is served for his level of consciousness and is helped to be in higher states of consciousness. It should be everyone’s responsibility.
 
‘Anyone who is earning anything, should not request that Maharishi should ask him—no. Why should I ask? You should request Maharishi’s organization to help you, and help the organization. It is a mutual participation in making life better and better. It is a responsibility of the people; they do not have to be asked. Just as they are compelled to give taxes for the people, it should be their own responsibility and their own joy to make the treasury of the Global Country of World Peace as full as possible so that large numbers of Vedic Pandits and large numbers of Yogic Flyers in the world can generate that intense influence of harmony in world consciousness as soon as possible. Do it as soon as possible.’