Global Good News: Excellence in Action

The following talk by Maharishi was given specially to students practising the Transcendental Meditation Programme. The main points of this talk are included in Maharishi's four volume set of books entitled: Maharishi Speaks to Students: Mastery over Natural Law.

Maharishi began by saying that student life provides the opportunity to gain as much knowledge as possible. If one knows more, one can command a larger field of responsibility and be a guiding light for society. All those great individuals who have guided the destiny of nations have been those who saved their time every day to gain more and more knowledge.

'The student age,' Maharishi said, 'is the age to train one's mind and body so that one is balanced in every situation and helpful to everyone in the environment. Every student has to be easy and simple in his daily routine, never complicated or negative in his thinking, and always alert. The student develops leadership daily by being alert and promptly fulfilling his responsibility at school and at home.'

The qualities of balance, helpfulness, ease, and simplicity naturally unfold in the individual with regular practice of Transcendental Meditation. 'When the student is alert in class, on the playing field, and at home, he learns to assume great responsibility,' says Maharishi.

In Transcendental Meditation, the mind experiences finer states of thought and then goes beyond the experience of thought. The mind is no longer aware of thought; it has awareness of itself. This self-awareness is called Transcendental Consciousness.

'Many times in every meditation, one experiences thought in its finer state and transcends to gain unbounded awareness. As this experience develops through the daily practice of Transcendental Meditation, the whole brain physiology becomes habituated to remain more alert, and very fine perceptions become very clear,' Maharishi said.

The whole brain functions in an orderly manner. The experience of unbounded awareness also develops broad thinking ability, enabling 'the mind to immediately understand and elaborate knowledge in every direction.'

'A huge galaxy of advantages becomes available from regular practice of Transcendental Meditation,' Maharishi continued. 'The mind is clear and brilliant in every situation, and all thoughts and actions are spontaneously orderly and therefore evolutionary and progressive.'

When Transcendental Meditation is practiced in a group, the whole atmosphere becomes filled with an orderly influence that radiates out to the whole community. The whole city begins to have less negativity, crime, accidents, and sickness. The people in the city become more positive, creative, progressive, and wealthy.

Maharishi: 'After just a few years of practicing Transcendental Meditation regularly, students will have made a substantial contribution to making their nation invincible. As these students grow to become leaders of society, they will feel proud of having created a happy and rewarding future for themselves and their country.'

"The potential of every student is infinite. The time of student life should serve to unfold that infinite potential so that every individual becomes a vibrant centre of Total Knowledge."—Maharishi