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Vedic
Education
For education to
be scientific it has to be Vedic Education, and if the study
of education is not supported by science -- the theories of Physics,
Chemistry, Mathematics, etc. -- then education cannot be scientific.
All theories of modern science uphold all disciplines of Vedic
Science because Vedic Science is fundamental to modern science.
Vedic Education
is the means to enliven the total knowledge of Natural Law in
the consciousness, Atma, the Self of everyone -- raising the
quality of individual intelligence to Cosmic Intelligence, so
that everyone always spontaneously lives daily life in accord
with the total creative intelligence of Natural Law -- life always
spontaneously upheld in the direction of evolution.
Experience and
knowledge of Atma, through Transcendental Meditation, enlivens
all levels of consciousness, and opens Transcendental Consciousness,
the self-referral state of consciousness -- the total potential
of Natural Law -- the holistic value of the Laws of Nature --
to direct experience, enlivening the infinite organising power
of Natural Law in human awareness, resulting in all activity
and behaviour supported by the evolutionary power of Natural
Law.
The means to enjoy
the full value of Vedic Education is to develop Vedic Consciousness.
Vedic Consciousness develops through experience of Veda and
understanding of Veda on the intellectual level -- knowledge
gained through experience, and knowledge gained by understanding.
Vedic Education
enlivens both these values of knowledge, and this results in
the flow of all the lively qualities of Atma in the intellect
and mind, and in activity and behaviour with others. When the
performance of all these levels of consciousness spontaneously
flows according to Natural Law ('Gyatwa shastravidanoktam karma
kartum iharhasi': 'Act according to the Veda -- act according
to Natural Law, the Veda.' --Bhagavad-Gita, 16.24), that means
according to Natural Law as sequentially displayed in the Vedic
Literature, then it is the performance of Vedic Consciousness.
Vedic Consciousness
spontaneously performs according to Natural Law, which governs
the universe -- the orderly dynamism of the Sun, Moon, galaxies,
and stars -- with perfect order; that is why action according
to Vedic Consciousness is action according to Cosmic Order.
That is why Vedic Consciousness does not encounter any problems
or any suffering.
Vedic Education
achieves the purpose of education by developing Vedic Consciousness
and offering the 'fruit of all knowledge' to everyone, and this
is achieved through regular experience of different *levels of
consciousness through Transcendental Meditation, and understanding
and verifying personal experiences in the light of the different
expressions in the text of the Vedic Literature.
This is the unique
quality of education at Maharishi Vidya Mandirs.
* There are seven states of consciousness: Waking State of Consciousness (Jagrat Avastha or
Jagrat Chetana), Dreaming State of Consciousnes (Swapn Avastha or Swapn Chetana), Deep Sleep State of Consciousness (Sushupti
Avastha or Sushupti Chetana), Transcendental Consciousness (Turiya Avastha or Turiya Chetana), Cosmic Consciousness
(Turiyatit Avastha or Turiyatit Chetana), God Consciousness (Bhagavad Chetana), and Unity Consciousness (Brahmi Sthiti
or Brahmi Chetana).
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