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The knowledge required by a successful leader During Maharishi’s Global Press Conference on 10 November 2004, Raja John Hagelin, brought a question from the Press to Maharishi about the knowledge every leader needs in order to be successful. In a previous Press Conference Maharishi had said that administration is ‘a supreme science that should not just be given out to any uneducated man on the street.’ Raja Hagelin asked Maharishi, ‘What is this supreme science? What does the President or Prime Minister of a country need to know to make him a successful leader?’ Maharishi answered that every leader should know that everything can be achieved from the consciousness within everyone. ‘Education has to be predominantly based on consciousness,’ Maharishi said, ‘with the experience of consciousness in the classroom and the knowledge of consciousness in terms of the Unified Field in every aspect of the physical sciences.’ He said that the knowledge about consciousness as the light of God, found in the holy texts of every religion, should also be in the classroom. ‘Some knowledge of religions, sciences, and consciousness, with the experience of consciousness, will make a very beautiful world. ‘In the classroom it will be very beautiful to project the knowledge in terms of science. Then it is very clear that the same thing has been projected throughout time in the holy texts of every religion and in the Vedic Literature in terms of consciousness, the Self, and life itself,’ Maharishi said. It does not matter which religion; one does not have to transfer to any other religion. ‘Whatever the religion and the religious books, the light of God is good enough.’ ‘This is the constitution of the administration of the universe with all the galaxies, etc.,’ he continued. ‘When the universe is being so beautifully administered, then one knows one small planet can be nicely administered. Then why cannot one small city, home, or individual be administered nicely and be free from any problem, pain, ill health, or suffering? ‘Total Knowledge, which we are sponsoring through our university, is very logical. Previews will soon be available to schools, colleges, and universities everywhere. It is necessary to begin this programme.’ Maharishi pointed out to the world press that it is very easy for them; they only have to give the same message over and over again, ‘because people have been used to different values, which were all in terms of suffering, difficulties, and problems. The press has to be consistent with them, and they [the people] will get transformed.’ Maharishi also explained that not all the people have to do it. A very insignificant part of the population will do the whole thing, ‘just like a lamp in a hall,’ he said. ‘One lamp in a hall is good enough. Every inch of the hall does not have to have a lamp. When there is one lamp in the hall the darkness is gone. . . . When the people begin to practise in themselves, they will create the light with their coherence*.’ * Coherence: Scientific research over the past four decades has shown that the orderliness and coherence produced by the Transcendental Meditation Programme has a profoundly beneficial influence both for those practising it and for their environment as a whole. © Copyright 2009 Global Good News®
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