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With these words, Dr Taddy Blecher, Director of Consciousness-Based Education for South Africa, invited students from Maharishi Institute in Johannesburg to a celebrationin summer of 2008.

The Maharishi Institute uses Consciousness-Based Education for the development of the whole student.

The first student to speak in the celebration said that their motto today is 'Dream big.' Before he came to the Maharishi Institute, this student had never met anyone who believed in peace like the teachers at the Institute.

Students then read poems and expressed their personal feelings about being at the Institute. Two students performed a special rap, to which all the students danced and cheered.

The MC student. 'This is the Maharishi Institute—for the students by the students and by our teachers.'

Dr Taddy Blecher then commented that everything came out in the beautiful poetry of the students. 'We're human beings,' he said, 'because our basis is Being. Our basis is the Self [experienced through the practice of Transcendental Meditation]. Really when we know that we have access to everything.'

Maharishi's message is all about raising consciousness, one student said. Another added: 'As they say, true greatness comes from within. At first, meditation was not for me, but as time went by, I realized that I need to be here.'

Another student said the thing he liked most about the Institute ‘is that people here work hand in hand.’

Finally a wealthy supporter of the school spoke: 'I'm really so thrilled to be a supporter of your school, and I hope that through my efforts and through your efforts we will be keep planting more seeds and the world will move towards seeing its perfection. People in the world will move towards more conscious behaviour. And that's what it is. That's it. Thank you.'

Dr Blecher then concluded by thanking the students 'for this beautiful gift of love that you have given.’ Then Dr Blecher told everyone that Maharishi always said something that he really loves: 'People are going to be happy whether they like it or not.'

'That's what we gain at Maharishi Institute,’ Dr Blecher concluded. ‘Thank you so much.'

‘We are one, we are united, we are the Maharishi Institute,’ called out a last student.

In schools around the world currently utilizing Consciousness-based Education, one sees a dramatic difference in the children and the results they achieve. Their creativity is promoted and their imaginations are sparked.

"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