Synopses & Reviews
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is the founder of Transcendental Meditation, and this one-of-a-kind book remains the definitive introduction to its practice. Since it was first published in 1963, the book has sold more than 1.1 million copies in the U.S. alone. In
Science of Being and Art of Living, Maharishi unfolds his vision for bringing life to fulfillment through a simple, effortless technique that anyone can easily learn and enjoy. Currently, there are more than six million practitioners worldwide, with TM centers in more than 108 countries.
More than 600 scientific studies have shown that Transcendental Meditation technique helps to:
* Expand the mind to its unlimited cosmic potential
* Improve health and reverse the aging process
* Lower high blood pressure and risk of stroke
* Increase intelligence and creativity
* Boost memory and learning ability
* Reduce stress, tension, and anxiety
* Increase energy, vitality, and well-being
* Nourish inner contentment, happiness, fulfillment-the state of enlightenment.
Synopsis
**RE-RELEASED IN 2016**
In the newly updated printing of this unabridged classic, which has reached millions of readers, Maharishi unfolds his vision for "a new humanity developed in all life's values - physical, mental, material, and spiritual."
Soon after Maharishi began his world tours in 1959, his students urged him to commit his great teaching to paper. By 1963 he had completed this fascinating book, which presents what Maharishi calls theScience of Beingas the systematic investigation into the ultimate reality of the universe. Like other sciences it begins its investigation from the gross, obvious level of life, and delves more deeply into the subtle levels of the experience of nature. TheScience of Being, however, eventually transcends these subtle regions, and reaches the transcendental field of eternal Being.
Like other sciences, the Science of Being includes a practical technology the Transcendental Mediation technique which is the technology of consciousness for directly experiencing the field of Being, the transcendental field of existence, the inner Self of everyone. Through the Transcendental Meditation technique any individual can easily harness the unlimited treasures of this field of Being infinite happiness, energy, creativity, intelligence, and organizing power bringing maximum success and fulfillment to daily life. This development of full human potential is elaborated in the second half of the book on theArt of Living.
Re-released in 2016, this printing ofScience of Being and Art of Livingfeatures a comprehensive Afterword by Dr. Bevan Morris, International President of Maharishi Universities of Management, giving a full retrospective on Maharishi's contributions during his more than 50 years of teaching.
This book gives an excellent introduction to the Transcendental Meditation technique and explains that the practice of this meditation is learned through personal instruction from a certified teacher. (Worldwide contact information for certified teachers is provided.)"
Table of Contents
Science of Being and Art of Living Foreword
Introduction
Section I: Science of Being
What is Being?
Being, the Essential Constituent of Creation
Omnipresence of Being
Being, the Field of Eternal Life
Being, the Basis of All Living (The basis of all activity and karma)
Being, the Plane of Cosmic Law
Being, the Eternal and Ultimate Reality
Prana and Being (Attunement with the cosmic life force)
Mind and Being (Unfoldment of mental faculties)
Karma and Being (Creation of senses, nervous system, and the body)
How to Contact Being
How to Live Being (Self-consciousness and cosmic consciousness)
Advantages of the Experience of Being
Section II: Life
What is Life? (Purpose of life, status, and significance)
Normal Life (Cosmic consciousness, human values, and realization)
Individual and Cosmic Life (The universe reacts to individual action)
Section III: Art of Living
Man's Full Potential
How to Use One's Full Potential (For maximum benefit to one's self and the universe)
How to Make Full Use of the Surroundings
How to Make Full Use of the Almighty Power of Nature
Art of Being (Harmony of material and spiritual values; how to live life in eternal freedom while accomplishing the maximum in the world)
Art of Thinking (Key to clear, powerful, and fruitful thinking)
Art of Speaking
Art of Action (Key to self-confidence, increased efficiency, and success in undertakings)
Art of Behavior (Key to fruitful relationships)
Key to Good Health (Key to all health: mental, physical, and environmental)
Education (Education from within; unfoldment of full mental potential)
Highway to Rehabilitation (Eradication of delinquency and crime; a natural remedy to neutralize evil)
Recreation and Rapid Rejuvenation
Right and Wrong (Criterion and discrimination)
Life in Freedom (Peace in life; elimination of fear, tension, and suffering; The Problem of World Peace)
Section IV: Fulfillment
Fulfillment of Life
Fulfillment of Religion
Fulfillment of Psychology
Fulfillment of Philosophy
Paths to God Realization
Generation after Generation (A move to safeguard human values and divine existence)
Appendix A: Maharishi's Achievements: A Glimpse of Forty-four Years Around the World, 1957-2001
Appendix B: Maharishi in the World Today
Appendix C: Overview of the Scientific Research on the Maharishi Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs Including Yogic Flying
Appendix D: Discovery of the Veda and Vedic Literature at the Basis of the Human Physiology: Application of Total Knowledge to Health: Maintaining a Healthy Physiology through Vedic Health Care: Using the Total Knowledge of Natural Law, the Veda, to Enliven the Inner Intelligence of the Body and Produce a Healing Effect
Appendix E: Introduction to the Bhagavad-Gita
Appendix F: Maharishi's Master Plan to Create Heaven on Earth: Reconstruction of the Whole World
Appendix G: Maharishi's Books: Enlightenment for Everyone and Every Nation
Appendix H: A Proposal to the World Parliament Association
Appendix I: Resources: Maharishi's Programs and Organizations in the United States, Canada, and Worldwide