T A B L E 1 RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INDICATING INCREASED

BALANCE AND FREEDOM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS

                  Balance Freedom

. More efficient physiological functioning (1)

. Increased autonomic stability (2)

. Increased perceptual flexibility (3)

. Increased cognitive flexibility (4)

. ImproVeda academic performance (5)

. ImproVeda recovery from stress (6)

. Reduced depression (6)

. Reduced need for medical care (7)

. Reduced anxiety (8)

. Reduced neuroticism (9)

. Reduced hostility (10)

. Reduced substance abuse (11)

• Increased creativity (13)

• Increased job satisfaction (14)

• Higher moral reasoning (15)

• ImproVeda self-concept (16)

• Increased field independence (17)

• ImproVeda relationships (6)

• Reduced recidivism (18)

• Increased self-actualization (12)

References for Table:

1. Dillbeck & Orme-Johnson, 1987

2. Orme-Johnson, 1973

3. Dillbeck, 1982

4. Alexander, Langer, Newman, Chandler,

& Davies, 1989

5. Kember, 1985

6. Brooks & Scarano, 1985

7. Orme-Johnson, 1987

8. Eppley, Abrams, & Shear, 1989

9. Berg & Mulder, 1976

10. Abrams & Siegel, 1978

11. Monahan, 1977

12. Alexander, Rainforth, & Gelderloos, 1991

13. Travis, 1979

14. Frew, 1974

15. Nidich, 1975

16. Turnbull & Norris, 1982

17. Pelletier, 1974

18. Bleick & Abrams, 1987

MODERN SCIENCE AND VEDIC SCIENCE

Unity Consciousness

The state of complete enlightenment identified by Maharishi Vedic Psychology as unity consciousness is also described in the Bhagavad-Gita. (Please refer to a previous article in this series on Maharishi Vedic Psychology, Alexander & Boyer, 1989, for a detailed description of the state of unity consciousness and the state of refined cosmic consciousness that precedes it.) In the state of unity consciousness, Maharishi

(1967) explains, the field of pure consciousness is realized to be not only the inner Self, as in cosmic consciousness, but also the deepest level of every object of perception and experience. In this state, the underlying unity of all of nature is a direct experience (p. 442).

Maharishi (1967, p. 316) explains that Lord Krishna describes each state of consciousness as having its own unique characteristics and its own integrity (e.g. p. 389). He describes unity consciousness as unique on the basis of the quality of perception. He says that the vision of such a person is " even, " in the sense that diversity of objects of perception have all come to be unified; all are experienced in terms of the ultimate nature of the perceiver, pure consciousness, the Self.

 

He whose self is established in Yoga, whose vision everywhere is even, sees the Self in all beings,

and all beings in the Self.

(VI. 29)

 

He who sees everything with an even vision by comparison with the Self, be it pleasure or pain, he is deemed the highest Yogi, О Arjun.

(VI. 32)

The state of unity consciousness is identified by Maharishi Vedic Psychology as the full awakening of the individual's awareness to the unified field of natural law, in which all specific aspects of natural law are directly experienced in terms of their underlying unity. In this state of full enlightenment, as Maharishi explains, one has the most accurate and full perception of reality, in which the unified field of natural law and all its expressions are experienced in one unified wholeness, and one enjoys mastery over natural law (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 1985b). This unified understanding of natural law, directly experienced in the full development of unity consciousness, is also verified through the objective approach to knowledge of the laws of nature, as indicated by the deepest discoveries of quantum physics (Hagelin, 1987).

In summary, this section has briefly outlined how the Bhagavad-Gita describes the higher states of consciousness, or enlightenment, identified by Maharishi Vedic

Psychology. Attention was primarily given to the first of these higher states, cosmic consciousness. In cosmic consciousness, pure consciousness is permanently experienced as the silent and non-changing Self in the midst of activity. The state of unity consciousness was also briefly discussed in the context of the Bhagavad-Gita. Maharishi describes this state of consciousness as one in which every object is perceiVeda in terms of the transcendental unbounded nature of the Self, the unified field of natural law. In describing these higher states of consciousness, Lord Krishna provides Arjun with the knowledge and technology necessary to pass from his initial state of suffering to one in which he realizes his own full potential and rises above even the most challenging circumstances he faces, to enjoy freedom and fulfillment in the midst of the most demanding situation.

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