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About the Author
Dr. John Hagelin is Professor of Physics and Director of the

Doctoral Program in Physics at Maharishi International Uni-
versity. Dr. Hagelin received his A.B. Summa Cum Laude
from Dartmouth College in 1975. After completing his Ph.D.
at Harvard University in 1981, Dr. Hagelin joined the theoret-
ical physics groups at the European Laboratory for Particle
Physics (CERN) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(SLAC), where he became actively engaged in fundamental
research at the forefront of super symmetric unified field
theories. Following his positions at CERN and at SLAC, Dr.
Hagelin joined the faculty of Maharishi International Univer-
sity, where he established a doctoral program in elementary
particle physics and unified quantum field theories. Dr.
Hagelin has published extensively in the area of supersym-
metric unified quantum field theories in such journals as
P h y s i c s Letters, N u c l e a r P h y s i c s , and T h e Physical R e v i e w .
In addition, Dr. Hagelin has gone more deeply than any other
scientist into the profound connections between modern phys-
ics and the Vedic Science of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
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Restructuring Physics
From Its Foundation in Light of
Maharishi Vedic Science
John S. Hagelin
Maharishi International University

Fairfield, Iowa, U . S . A .
Abstract
In this article, we present a new understanding and language of physics based

directly on the unified field. This understanding is made possible through the latest
developments in our understanding of the unified field provided by the superstring
and the understanding and experience of the unified field provided by Maharishi
Vedic Science and its experiential technologies. Our discussion begins with a con-
sideration of the unified field itself viewed from its own level and in terms of its own
intrinsic properties and behavior. We subsequently extend this analysis to include a
systematic investigation of its fundamental modes—the elementary particles and
forces of nature, in which we explicitly identify all known particles with specific
vibrational states of the field. We propose a new language and terminology of phys-
ics in which the elementary particles are named for the specific vibrational states of
the field they correspond to. The special significance of the Vedic terminology in
this context is explained and discussed. We conclude with a consideration of the
implications for society of a fully developed science and technology of the unified
field made possible through the subjective approach of Vedic Science and its
applied, experiential technologies.
Address correspondence to: Department of Physics

Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA 52557
Modern Science and Vedic Science, Volume 3, Number 1, 1989
© 1989 Maharishi International University
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M O D E R N SCIENCE A N D VEDIC SCIENCE
Contents
I. Introduction 4
II. T h e Essential Characteristics of the Unified Field 8
III. T h e Hilbert S p a c e F o r m u l a t i o n o f Q u a n t u m M e c h a n i c s
and the T h r e e - I n - O n e D y n a m i c s of Intelligence 13
I V . T h e E l e m e n t a r y Particles and F o r c e s of Nature as
M o d e s of the Unified Field 25
V. Q u a n t u m C o s m o l o g y and V e d i c C o s m o l o g y 36
V I . Unified Field B a s e d Civilization 44
Acknowledgements 49
A p p e n d i x A : Field Effects o f C o n s c i o u s n e s s 49
Appendix B: The Vacuum Wave Functional 61
A p p e n d i x C : D e r i v i n g Flipped S U ( 5 ) from String 61
References 68
I. I n t r o d u c t i o n
It w a s E i n s t e i n ' s d e e p c o n v i c t i o n that the l a w s of nature had a simple, g e o m e t r i c ,

unified foundation, and that this unification could be understood by the h u m a n intellect.
W i t h i n the past t w o d e c a d e s , a n u m b e r of important b r e a k t h r o u g h s in this area h a v e led
to a p r o g r e s s i v e l y m o r e unified u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the l a w s of nature, c u l m i n a t i n g in the
recent d i s c o v e r y of c o m p l e t e l y unified field theories. T h e s e theories afford, for the first
t i m e , a self-consistent and c o m p l e t e l y unified description of the elementary particles
and forces in t e r m s of a single, self-interacting field. T h e heterotic superstring w i t h an
internal E x E g a u g e s y m m e t r y , in particular, unifies all k n o w n forces in a consistent
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q u a n t u m theory of gravity. R e c e n t formulations of the heterotic string, including m a n i -

fold c o m p a c t i f i c a t i o n s [1], orbifold compactifications [2], and especially string formula-
tions directly in four d i m e n s i o n s [3], h a v e p r o d u c e d impressive derivations of the
o b s e r v e d l o w - e n e r g y S U ( 3 ) x S U ( 2 ) x U ( l ) g a u g e g r o u p a n d all k n o w n m a t t e r fields
directly from the u n d e r l y i n g , unified superstring field.
T h e s e a c h i e v e m e n t s m a r k the b e g i n n i n g of a n e w era in p h y s i c s — o n e in w h i c h the
unified s o u r c e and foundation of the entire discipline is fully in v i e w . T h i s u n p r e c e -
d e n t e d situation calls for a n e w u n d e r s t a n d i n g and l a n g u a g e of p h y s i c s — o n e in w h i c h
the e l e m e n t a r y particles and forces, and i n d e e d the entire discipline, are clearly under-
stood a n d e x p r e s s e d in relation to their unified source in the unified field. Until n o w , the
u n d e r s t a n d i n g and associated t e r m i n o l o g y of p h y s i c s has b e e n d o m i n a t e d by historical
a n d / o r r a n d o m influences. An e x a m p l e of the former is the t e r m " l e p t o n " ( m e a n i n g
" l i g h t " ) w h i c h is used today to d e n o t e t h e electron, m u o n , and tauon and their asso-
ciated n e u t r i n o s . In fact, the tau lepton is actually heavier than m o s t b a r y o n s — a term
that m e a n s " h e a v y . " T h e t e r m " q u a r k , " w h i c h i s used t o denote the elementary s u b c o n -
stituents of b a r y o n s a n d m e s o n s , is a p r i m e e x a m p l e of the randomness of the n o m e n c l a -
ture. Originally taken from J o y c e ' s Finnegans Wake, the term c o m m o n l y refers to a
breakfast c h e e s e found in G e r m a n y a n d S w i t z e r l a n d .
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RESTRUCTURING PHYSICS
T h e term " l e p t o - q u a r k " is used in p h y s i c s to denote the p r o p o s e d unification of l e p -

t o n s a n d q u a r k s at the level of grand unification. It illustrates the historical tendency to
b a s e the understanding and interpretation of deeper, m o r e unified levels of n a t u r e ' s
d y n a m i c s (i.e., grand unification) in terms of m o r e superficial, incomplete and fragmented
levels (i.e., electroweak unification). It also illustrates the proliferation of terminology that
w a s already inappropriate (i.e., historical, as in lepton, or r a n d o m , as in quark) to increas-
ingly fundamental scales.
A m o r e illuminating perspective w o u l d be o n e in w h i c h the m o r e superficial and
diversified levels of the discipline w e r e b a s e d u p o n m o r e fundamental levels, a n d w h e r e
t h e s e m o r e fundamental levels w e r e in turn c o n n e c t e d to their unified source in the uni-
fied field. All aspects of the discipline w o u l d then be seen in t e r m s of their sequential
u n f o l d m e n t from the unified field, p r o v i d i n g a natural logic and organization to the
entire discipline. P r o v i d e d the t e r m s w e r e chosen accordingly, each aspect of the disci-
pline w o u l d indicate its position and p u r p o s e with respect to the w h o l e . T h e vision of
t h e w h o l e w o u l d , in turn, give significance to each part.
T h i s foundational a p p r o a c h to k n o w l e d g e has b e e n applied at M a h a r i s h i International
University by faculty from n u m e r o u s different disciplines through their d e v e l o p m e n t of
" U n i f i e d Field C h a r t s . " T h e s e charts p r o v i d e a c o n c e p t u a l m a p of an entire discipline.
T h e y illustrate the interrelation of all the different parts of the discipline, from the m o s t
abstract foundational levels to the m o s t superficial and applied levels, and s h o w h o w
t h e w h o l e discipline sequentially e m e r g e s from a unified source (e.g., the u n i v e r s e of
sets in m a t h e m a t i c s , the transition state in c h e m i s t r y , or the s u p e r s t r i n g in p h y s i c s ) . By
relating the parts of k n o w l e d g e to the w h o l e n e s s of k n o w l e d g e , these c h a r t s b e s t o w
k n o w l e d g e at a g l a n c e . T h e y also p r o v i d e a powerful research p e r s p e c t i v e : a n y g a p s in
t h e c u r r e n t u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the discipline tend to be starkly e x p o s e d as a r e a s r e q u i r i n g
further study.
S o m e shift t o w a r d s this n e w , unified field-based perspective is already o c c u r r i n g in
t h e c o n t e x t of the string. T h e l o w - e n e r g y effective field theory g o v e r n i n g p h y s i c s at
o b s e r v a b l e scales (i.e., the k n o w n particles and forces) are n o w b e i n g described as the
" m a s s l e s s m o d e s " o f the string. T h e s e m a s s l e s s string m o d e s , and thus the e l e m e n t a r y
particles and forces they represent, can be classified a c c o r d i n g to their purely stringy
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s — t h e i r periodicity conditions on the string w o r l d sheet. For e x a m p l e , the
g r a v i t o n , the dilaton, a n d the t w o - i n d e x a n t i s y m m e t r i c tensor b e l o n g to the N e v e u -
S c h w a r z (antiperiodic) sector of the string, and so forth. H o w e v e r , the c h o i c e of lan-
g u a g e (e.g., " N e v e u - S c h w a r z " sector) is m o r e historical than descriptive, a n d r e m a i n s
the e x c l u s i v e p r o v i n c e of string theorists.
M a n y students and lay physicists with a sincere desire to u n d e r s t a n d the m o s t f u n d a m e n -
tal k n o w l e d g e of natural law n o w available through m o d e r n science h a v e expressed frustra-
tion at the inappropriate and often confusing l a n g u a g e of fundamental particle p h y s i c s . In
the following sections, we will begin to d e v e l o p a n e w perspective and t e r m i n o l o g y of
p h y s i c s based directly on the unified field, and not primarily u p o n historically prior levels
of p h y s i c s . We will b e g i n this analysis w i t h a consideration of the unified field itself,
v i e w e d from its o w n level and in t e r m s of its o w n intrinsic properties and behavior.
In this a n a l y s i s , in a d d i t i o n to the latest d e v e l o p m e n t s in our u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the
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unified field provided by the superstring, we m a k e use of the very complete description of
the unified field and its self-interacting d y n a m i c s provided by V e d i c Science as recently
formulated by Maharishi M a h e s h Y o g i [4]. Maharishi V e d i c Science is based u p o n the
ancient V e d i c tradition of gaining k n o w l e d g e through the exploration of consciousness.
M a n y thousands of years ago, the seers of the H i m a l a y a s discovered, through the explora-
tion of the silent levels of their o w n a w a r e n e s s , a unified field w h e r e all the laws of nature
are found together in a state of w h o l e n e s s . T h i s unity of nature w a s directly experienced to
be a self-interacting field of consciousness w h i c h is u n b o u n d e d , all-pervading, u n c h a n g -
ing, a n d the self-sufficient source of all existing things. T h e y experienced and g a v e
expression to the self-interacting d y n a m i c s through w h i c h this unified field sequentially
gives rise to the diversity of all the laws of nature. T h e expression of this k n o w l e d g e , and
the t e c h n i q u e s by w h i c h it is gained, has b e e n p a s s e d on over t h o u s a n d s of years in w h a t
is n o w the oldest c o n t i n u o u s tradition of k n o w l e d g e in existence [5]. In the past three
d e c a d e s , M a h a r i s h i h a s reformulated this k n o w l e d g e in a scientific f r a m e w o r k that is
both accessible a n d empirically testable, p l a c i n g the V e d i c k n o w l e d g e in the intellectual
m a i n s t r e a m of the W e s t and reviving it in the East as well. T h i s revival of the V e d i c
k n o w l e d g e h a s g i v e n rise to a n e w , quantitative science of c o n s c i o u s n e s s w i t h practical
applications a n d p r o v e n t e c h n o l o g i e s in every major area of h u m a n concern, including
health, e d u c a t i o n , rehabilitation, and w o r l d p e a c e [ 4 - 7 ] .
V e d i c S c i e n c e , like m o d e r n s c i e n c e , s e e k s t o identify a n d e x p l o r e the m o s t funda-
m e n t a l a n d u n i v e r s a l p r i n c i p l e s of intelligence at the basis of n a t u r e ' s functioning. In
a d d i t i o n , V e d i c S c i e n c e (unlike m o d e r n s c i e n c e ) p r o v i d e s s y s t e m a t i c experiential tech-
n o l o g i e s w h i c h a l l o w the direct e x p l o r a t i o n of these m o s t f u n d a m e n t a l and universal
p r i n c i p l e s o f i n t e l l i g e n c e i n c o n s c i o u s n e s s [ 8 - 1 0 ] . T h e s e subjective t e c h n o l o g i e s a l l o w
the m i n d to e x p e r i e n c e deeper, m o r e f u n d a m e n t a l and unified states of a w a r e n e s s .
T h e s e f u n d a m e n t a l states of a w a r e n e s s h a v e b e e n found to p o s s e s s a close structural
c o r r e s p o n d e n c e to the p h y s i c a l structure of natural l a w at f u n d a m e n t a l s c a l e s [ 1 1 ] .
T h i s d e e p parallel b e t w e e n t h e structure o f h u m a n intelligence and the intelligence o f
n a t u r e is w e l l k n o w n to p h y s i c i s t s . W i g n e r referred to this c o n n e c t i o n as " t h e u n r e a -
s o n a b l e effectiveness of m a t h e m a t i c s in the p h y s i c a l s c i e n c e s , " i.e., the subtle struc-
tures of h u m a n intelligence codified in m a t h e m a t i c a l f o r m u l a s c o r r e s p o n d precisely to
the s u b t l e s t r u c t u r e s of intelligence d i s p l a y e d in nature. F o r Einstein, this c o n n e c t i o n
b e t w e e n h u m a n i n t e l l i g e n c e a n d the intelligence o f nature also h a d d e e p significance.
F o r h i m " t h e eternal m y s t e r y of the u n i v e r s e [was] its c o m p r e h e n s i b i l i t y " by the
h u m a n m i n d . T h i s d e e p parallel b e t w e e n h u m a n intelligence a n d the intelligence o f
n a t u r e m a k e s it p o s s i b l e to g a i n p r o f o u n d p h y s i c a l insight into the m e c h a n i c s of nature
t h r o u g h the u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c e of the m o s t f u n d a m e n t a l m e c h a n i c s of
h u m a n intelligence.
T h i s i m p o r t a n t realization fulfills a principal need of m o d e r n p h y s i c s . It is c o m m o n l y
stated that there is no c o m m o n - s e n s e basis for the u n d e r s t a n d i n g and teaching of m o d -
ern p h y s i c s . T h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g of a d v a n c e d c o n c e p t s in p h y s i c s has historically b e e n
b a s e d on the classical intuitions g a i n e d from the e x p e r i e n c e of s i m p l e m e c h a n i c a l sys-
t e m s a n d w a v e tanks e n c o u n t e r e d i n m o r e e l e m e n t a r y c o u r s e s . H o w e v e r , these concrete
classical c o n c e p t s no longer p r o v i d e an a d e q u a t e basis for u n d e r s t a n d i n g p h y s i c s at the
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q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l or q u a n t u m field-theoretic levels, and are often m o r e confusing

than illuminating. If o n e ' s outer, sensory experience fails to p r o v i d e a viable c o m m o n -
sense basis for p h y s i c s , then the only o b v i o u s alternative is the inner experience of the
d y n a m i c s of c o n s c i o u s n e s s itself. F r o m the a r g u m e n t s presented a b o v e , it is already
clear that such an a p p r o a c h c a n indeed p r o v i d e an effective intuitive foundation for
p h y s i c s w h i c h e x t e n d s to the d y n a m i c s of fundamental scales. ( A s our analysis p r o -
c e e d s , this point will b e c o m e increasingly clear.) U s i n g this c o n s c i o u s n e s s - b a s e d
a p p r o a c h , the M I U faculty h a v e d e v e l o p e d a twenty-lesson introduction to the c o n c e p -
tual f o u n d a t i o n s of unified field theories w h i c h is taken by all first-year students, in
w h i c h we h a v e found that e v e n the most abstract principles of the discipline are easily
g r a s p e d by students w i t h no prior scientific b a c k g r o u n d .
T h e experiential t e c h n o l o g i e s o f M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e — w h i c h include the
T r a n s c e n d e n t a l M e d i t a t i o n a n d T M - S i d h i programs—have revealed a single, unified
field of intelligence at the foundation of c o n s c i o u s e x p e r i e n c e . In this fundamental state
of a w a r e n e s s , the k n o w e r , the k n o w n , and the p r o c e s s of k n o w i n g are united in a state of
p u r e , self-interacting c o n s c i o u s n e s s , in w h i c h c o n s c i o u s n e s s k n o w s itself alone. T h i s
inner subjective e x p e r i e n c e is m a r k e d by the onset of a u n i q u e constellation of p h y s i o -
logical [ 1 2 ] , n e u r o p h y s i o l o g i c a l [13], and b i o c h e m i c a l c h a n g e s [14], consistent w i t h the
p r o p o s a l [15] that the e x p e r i e n c e of pure c o n s c i o u s n e s s c o r r e s p o n d s to a fourth major
state of c o n s c i o u s n e s s distinct from w a k i n g , d r e a m i n g and d e e p sleep states of c o n s c i o u s -
n e s s . F r o m this e x p e r i e n c e , w e c o n c l u d e that h u m a n c o n s c i o u s n e s s , like material crea-
tion, h a s at its basis a unified field of intelligence. T h e m o s t p a r s i m o n i o u s explanation,
p r o v i d e d by M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science [4], is that these t w o fundamental fields of intelli-
g e n c e are not i n d e p e n d e n t , but o n e and the s a m e , p r o v i d i n g a profound and previously
u n e x p e c t e d unification of subjective and objective r e a l m s of e x p e r i e n c e . Indeed, such a
f r a m e w o r k a p p e a r s to be required [11] to account for experimentally o b s e r v e d field
effects of c o n s c i o u s n e s s * and other p h e n o m e n o l o g i c a l aspects of higher states of c o n -
s c i o u s n e s s . It also e x p l a i n s the o t h e r w i s e " u n r e a s o n a b l e " parallel b e t w e e n h u m a n intelli-
g e n c e and the intelligence of nature.
W h e n first p r o p o s e d , s u c h a f r a m e w o r k s e e m e d to require a radical rethinking of
p h y s i c s a n d / o r the relationship of c o n s c i o u s n e s s to the physical w o r l d . In retrospect, it
s e e m s rather natural that the m o s t fundamental level of h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e — t h e unified
field of p u r e self-interacting c o n s c i o u s n e s s — w o u l d be the s a m e unified field found at the
b a s i s of all other f o r m s and p h e n o m e n a in nature. A c c o r d i n g to this perspective, the u n i -
fied field is the unified s o u r c e of both subjective and objective r e a l m s of existence. As
such, the unified field is fundamentally as m u c h a field of subjectivity as it is a field of
objectivity. F r o m this perspective, the use of a subjective a p p r o a c h to k n o w l e d g e a p p e a r s
both justified and natural.
Indeed, o n e m i g h t w o r r y that the purely objective a p p r o a c h of m o d e r n science w o u l d
fail to apply at the level of super-unification, both in principle and in practice. In princi-
ple, since by a s s u m p t i o n there is only o n e d y n a m i c a l degree of freedom at the scale of
super-unification (the unified field), a subject-object relationship m i g h t be difficult to
See Appendix A on field effects of consciousness.
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sustain. In practice, the time and distance scales characteristic of super-unification

are far b e y o n d the range of any c o n c e i v a b l e accelerator technology. As the principal
focus of theoretical p h y s i c s has shifted to the experimentally inaccessible d o m a i n s of
g r a n d unification a n d super-unification, already theorists h a v e had to rely increasingly
on their analytic a n d intuitive abilities—subjective c o m p e t e n c i e s of their o w n con-
s c i o u s n e s s . T h u s the d e v e l o p m e n t and application of a subjective a p p r o a c h s e e m s not
only natural, but increasingly necessary.
T h e viability of the subjective approach is amply demonstrated by the precision
a n d d e p t h o f i n s i g h t into the m o s t f u n d a m e n t a l m e c h a n i c s o f n a t u r e ' s i n t e l l i g e n c e —
the s t r u c t u r e a n d d y n a m i c s of the unified field a n d the m e c h a n i c s of s y m m e t r y b r e a k -
i n g — w h i c h is a v a i l a b l e in the V e d i c texts. In the f o l l o w i n g s e c t i o n s , we will therefore
i n c o r p o r a t e insights from b o t h the objective approach of m o d e r n theoretical p h y s i c s and
t h e p r e d o m i n a n t l y subjective a p p r o a c h of M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e to u n f o l d a m o r e
c o m p l e t e a n d a p p r o p r i a t e u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d terminology o f p h y s i c s b a s e d u p o n the
unified field.
II. T h e E s s e n t i a l C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e Unified Field
We will b e g i n o u r analysis of the discipline of p h y s i c s w i t h a consideration of the uni-

fied field itself. In the interest of generality, we will resist the t e m p t a t i o n to p l a c e u n d u e
e m p h a s i s on the m o d e l - d e p e n d e n t features of the E x E heterotic string. Instead, we will
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focus on universal properties w h i c h are characteristic of any unified q u a n t u m field. S u c h

an a n a l y s i s , in p r i n c i p l e , is rather difficult to contain: a c o m p l e t e description of the u n i -
fied field w o u l d p r o b a b l y entail a full analysis of the entire, diversified structure of m a n i -
fest creation, since the totality of natural l a w is ultimately contained within the structure
a n d d y n a m i c s of the unified field. T h e discriminating intellect will therefore discern,
w i t h i n the structure of the unified field, the potential for the entire universe, as a tree is
c o n t a i n e d w i t h i n the seed. (Indeed, we will argue in a later section that the p r o c e s s of crea-
tion c a n be v i e w e d as n o t h i n g m o r e than a sequentially m o r e elaborated c o m m e n t a r y on
the structure of the unified field itself.) We will, nonetheless, attempt to limit our discus-
sion to the m o s t b a s i c and fundamental properties of the field and reserve, until a later sec-
tion, the s u b s e q u e n t u n f o l d m e n t of further details concerning the structure of the universe.
We will b e g i n our discussion w i t h a c o n c i s e review of the essential characteristics of
the unified field as described by M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science, w h i c h will provide a useful
direction a n d f r a m e w o r k for our s u b s e q u e n t physical analysis. A c c o r d i n g to Maharishi
V e d i c S c i e n c e , the unified field is fundamentally a field of c o n s c i o u s n e s s [4]. T h e field is
k n o w n as atman, m e a n i n g " p u r e c o n s c i o u s n e s s , " or "self," since the unified field
constitutes the deepest reality and h e n c e the true identity of everything in nature. T h e
t e r m " c o n s c i o u s n e s s " i s c l e a r l y d i s t i n g u i s h e d from the h i g h l y i n d i v i d u a l i z e d a n d
a n t h r o p o c e n t r i c sense of the t e r m c o m m o n to everyday experience: it is used to d e n o t e a
c o m p l e t e l y u n i v e r s a l field o f " p u r e , s e l f - i n t e r a c t i n g " c o n s c i o u s n e s s — c o n s c i o u s n e s s
a w a r e of itself a l o n e , d e v o i d of any individualizing influence or external objects of e x p e -
rience [4,5]. D u e to its essential nature as c o n s c i o u s n e s s , Maharishi explains, the unified
field h a s the dual characteristics of existence a n d intelligence [6,16]. C o n s c i o u s n e s s
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exists—all f o r m s a n d p h e n o m e n a in the u n i v e r s e , w h i c h constitute its v a r i o u s e x p r e s -

sions, c a n be said to exist by virtue of its existence. T h e existence of c o n s c i o u s n e s s is an
e m p i r i c a l reality w h i c h is self-evident in higher states of c o n s c i o u s n e s s [ 1 0 ] , if not n e c e s -
sarily in the w a k i n g state, in w h i c h c o n s c i o u s n e s s , b e i n g o u t w a r d l y directed, is n e v e r the
object of e x p e r i e n c e . T h e intelligence property of c o n s c i o u s n e s s is associated w i t h its
self-interacting n a t u r e : d u e to its essential nature as c o n s c i o u s n e s s , c o n s c i o u s n e s s is
a w a r e of its o w n e x i s t e n c e — i . e . , c o n s c i o u s n e s s " w i t n e s s e s " itself [6,9]. T h i s highly n o n -
linear p r o p e r t y of a w a r e n e s s sets up within the field of c o n s c i o u s n e s s a t h r e e - i n - o n e
structure of k n o w e r , k n o w n , a n d p r o c e s s of k n o w i n g : c o n s c i o u s n e s s (the k n o w e r ) is
a w a r e of c o n s c i o u s n e s s (the k n o w n ) through the a g e n c y of c o n s c i o u s n e s s (the p r o c e s s of
k n o w i n g ) . T h i s self-interacting d y n a m i c s of c o n s c i o u s n e s s k n o w i n g itself and its a s s o -
ciated t h r e e - i n - o n e structure of k n o w e r , k n o w n , and process of k n o w i n g is called the Ved
[ 4 ] . T h i s self-interacting d y n a m i c s is responsible for the s p o n t a n e o u s and sequential
e m e r g e n c e of the diversified structure of the l a w s of nature from the field of p u r e c o n -
s c i o u s n e s s : o n e ( c o n s c i o u s n e s s ) b e c o m e s three ( k n o w e r , k n o w n , and process o f k n o w -
ing), and these in turn b e c o m e m a n y through a precise and s p o n t a n e o u s s e q u e n c e of
expression d e s c r i b e d in M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science and o p e n to direct experience t h r o u g h
its applied, experiential t e c h n o l o g i e s , the T r a n s c e n d e n t a l Meditation and T M - S i d h i p r o -
grams. T h i s inherent capacity for c o n s c i o u s n e s s to k n o w itself, or " w i t n e s s i n g " property of
the field, is k n o w n as buddhi ( m e a n i n g " i n t e l l i g e n c e " or "intellect") in the l a n g u a g e of
Maharishi V e d i c S c i e n c e [9]. It refers to the highly dynamic, discriminative ( c o n s c i o u s -
ness discriminates b e t w e e n itself as knower, k n o w n , and process of k n o w i n g ) and creative
(it creates three from the state of unity) property of the field responsible for the s p o n t a n e -
o u s and sequential e m e r g e n c e of the diversified structure of the l a w s of nature. A m o r e
c o m p l e t e d i s c u s s i o n of this self-interacting d y n a m i c s and its associated three-in-one
structure will be p r e s e n t e d in the following section. For the m o m e n t , we will focus on the
t w o essential characteristics of existence and intelligence, and their s e e m i n g l y f u n d a m e n -
tal role in the unified q u a n t u m field theories of m o d e r n theoretical p h y s i c s .
In any unified q u a n t u m field theory, the m o s t o b v i o u s and essential property of the
unified field is that it exists. As in M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science, e v e r y t h i n g else m a y be said
to exist by virtue of its existence. F o r this existence to be substantial, it m u s t be p e r m a -
nent, i.e., the field should exist eternally. T h i s property is e x p r e s s e d in physics as the
time-translational i n v a r i a n c e of the L a g r a n g i a n d e n s i t y — a n essential characteristic of
a n y realistic unified field theory.
T h e s e c o n d major property of the unified field w h i c h o n e is led to expect on the basis
of o u r p r e v i o u s a n a l y s i s is intelligence. By assumption, the unified field is the unified
s o u r c e of all the l a w s of nature g o v e r n i n g physics at every scale. T h e s e l a w s of nature
formally e x p r e s s the order a n d intelligence inherent in natural p h e n o m e n a . If there w e r e
no laws of n a t u r e , there w o u l d be no consistent patterns of natural behavior, and nature
w o u l d be unintelligible. If, as particle physicists believe, all the l a w s of nature h a v e
their d y n a m i c a l origin in the unified field, then the unified field m u s t itself e m b o d y the
total intelligence of n a t u r e ' s functioning.
To s o m e extent, we can trace this property of intelligence to the fact that the unified
field, b e y o n d its m e r e existence, has a very precise and definite mathematical structure.
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it is clear that the q u a n t u m principle a d d s t r e m e n d o u s d y n a m i s m to the rather abstract

a n d inert characteristic of intelligence available in the classical description.
B e s i d e s a d d i n g a d e g r e e of d i s c r i m i n a t i o n and d y n a m i s m to the abstract p r o p e r t y of
i n t e l l i g e n c e available at the classical level, the q u a n t u m principle also e n d o w s the field
w i t h a creative c a p a c i t y w h i c h is far b e y o n d that of any classical field theory. For
e x a m p l e , the d y n a m i c a l self-interaction of the g l u o n field i n d u c e d by q u a n t u m effects
l e a d s to s t r o n g c o u p l i n g a n d h e n c e to the highly nonlinear p r o c e s s of color confine-
m e n t . T h u s the entire s p e c t r u m o f b o u n d - s t a t e h a d r o n s results from the q u a n t u m -
i n d u c e d self-interaction of the g l u o n field. T h e d y n a m i c a l b r e a k i n g of s u p e r s y m m e t r y
a n d the r e s u l t i n g m a s s e s for sparticles and h i g g s b o s o n s p r o b a b l y results from a s i m i -
lar, q u a n t u m - i n d u c e d s t r o n g c o u p l i n g p h a s e i n the h i d d e n sector g a u g e g r o u p . T h e
s p o n t a n e o u s b r e a k i n g of g a u g e s y m m e t r i e s like the e l e c t r o w e a k s y m m e t r y is also d u e
to a q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l m e c h a n i s m . In this c a s e , radiative c o r r e c t i o n s to the h i g g s
m a s s a t r e n o r m a l i z a t i o n - g r o u p scales M w << M P 1 trigger s p o n t a n e o u s s y m m e t r y b r e a k -
ing, g i v i n g m a s s e s t o q u a r k s a n d l e p t o n s and t o the i n t e r m e d i a t e v e c t o r b o s o n s . M o r e
g e n e r a l l y , the e m e r g e n c e of _ discrete q u a n t a from the c o n t i n u o u s d y n a m i c s of a
field is i m p o s s i b l e in the c o n t e x t of classical field theory [ 1 7 ] . Q u a n t u m m e c h a n i c s is
n e e d e d to g e n e r a t e q u a n t a (i.e., particles) from the field, and t h u s to create the material
u n i v e r s e a s w e k n o w it.
T h u s w e c o n c l u d e that the q u a n t u m principle introduces qualitatively n e w b e h a v i o r
w h i c h is not found at the level of classical field theory. In particular, it introduces a
d e g r e e of discrimination, dynamism, and creativity not present at the classical level.
T h e s e characteristics m a k e the rather abstract and inert quality of intelligence present in
the classical description dynamic, discriminative, and creative, w h i c h c o r r e s p o n d s pre-
cisely to the d y n a m i c , discriminative, a n d creative quality of intelligence, or buddhi,
f o u n d in our p r e v i o u s discussion of M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e . For this reason, we will
associate the q u a n t u m principle with the intelligence (or b u d d h i ) characteristic of the uni-
fied field—that property of the unified field w h i c h , c o m b i n e d with its classical s y m m e -
tries a n d structure, is responsible for the creative dynamics of nature—the spontaneous
and sequential e m e r g e n c e of the diversified structure of the laws of nature g o v e r n i n g life
on all levels of the p h y s i c a l universe.
In this section, we h a v e identified t w o essential properties of the unified field—
existence and intelligence. C o n c e r n i n g existence, very little can b e , or need b e , said. Its
reality can be inferred from the existence of the universe. T h e intelligence property is
a b u n d a n t l y d i s p l a y e d in the i n n u m e r a b l e l a w s of nature g o v e r n i n g natural p h e n o m e n a at
every scale of the p h y s i c a l universe. We h a v e traced this property of intelligence to the
unified field itself—to its classical s y m m e t r i e s and structure, and especially to the q u a n -
t u m principle, w h i c h e n d o w s the field w i t h a degree of intelligence—of discrimination,
d y n a m i s m and creativity—not present at the classical level.
supersymmetry. In the limit of exact supersymmetry, the positive vacuum energy contributed by the vacuum
fluctuations of bose fields is cancelled by the negative energy associated with the vacuum fluctuations of fermi
fields. Since supersymmetry is necessarily broken at some level, this cancellation cannot be exact, and some
additional cancellation mechanism is needed. There is some evidence to suggest that this mechanism could be
provided by wormhole interactions.
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It is interesting to n o t e that in M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science, b e c a u s e the unified field is

f u n d a m e n t a l l y a field of c o n s c i o u s n e s s , it automatically incorporates both characteristics
of e x i s t e n c e a n d i n t e l l i g e n c e [ 6 , 1 6 ] . In the unified field t h e o r i e s of m o d e r n t h e o r e t i c a l
p h y s i c s , t h e q u a n t u m p r i n c i p l e is a l w a y s i n t r o d u c e d as an extra, ad hoc a s s u m p t i o n .
T h e r e is no u n d e r s t a n d i n g in p h y s i c s c o n c e r n i n g the origin of the q u a n t u m p r i n c i p l e ,
a n d t h e r e i s little h o p e that q u a n t u m m e c h a n i c s will b e derivable from string t h e o r y .
O n e c a n therefore a p p r e c i a t e the e l e g a n c e a n d e c o n o m y o f V e d i c S c i e n c e , i n w h i c h o n e
fundamental postulate (consciousness) automatically incorporates both characteristics
o f e x i s t e n c e a n d i n t e l l i g e n c e — b o t h t h e field a n d the q u a n t u m p r i n c i p l e .
In the l a n g u a g e of V e d i c S c i e n c e , these t w o are k n o w n as atman a n d buddhi (see
Figure 1). The t e r m Samhita, m e a n i n g " c o l l e c t e d n e s s " or " u n i t y , " is also u s e d to
d e s c r i b e t h e unified field [ 4 ] . W h e r e a s a t m a n b r i n g s out the essential n a t u r e of the uni
fied field as c o n s c i o u s n e s s , S a m h i t a e m p h a s i z e s its f u n d a m e n t a l l y unified n a t u r e . T h e
special significance of t h e s e V e d i c t e r m s will be discussed in S e c t i o n IV.
In this s e c t i o n , we h a v e identified the essential characteristics of the unified field
b a s e d on an e l e m e n t a r y a n a l y s i s of the a l g e b r a i c form of the c a n o n i c a l c o m m u t a t i o n
relation ( 1 ) . In the n e x t s e c t i o n , we will p r e s e n t a m o r e c o m p l e t e , g e o m e t r i c f o r m u l a t i o n
of q u a n t u m m e c h a n i c s in H i l b e r t s p a c e . We will find that the Hilbert s p a c e f o r m u l a t i o n
p r o v i d e s a far m o r e explicit a n d c o m p r e h e n s i v e v i e w of the self-interacting d y n a m i c s of
n a t u r e ' s i n t e l l i g e n c e g o v e r n i n g the m e c h a n i c s of c r e a t i o n from the unified field. It
t h e r e b y also affords a m o r e c o m p l e t e and satisfactory f r a m e w o r k for m a k i n g p r e c i s e ,
q u a n t i t a t i v e c o n n e c t i o n s b e t w e e n the unified q u a n t u m field t h e o r i e s of m o d e r n theoreti
c a l p h y s i c s a n d the V e d i c S c i e n c e o f M a h a r i s h i M a h e s h Y o g i .
III. T h e Hilbert S p a c e Formulation of Q u a n t u m M e c h a n i c s

and the Three-in-One Dynamics of Intelligence
In the p r e v i o u s section, we traced the d y n a m i c a l origin of n a t u r e ' s intelligence to the

structure a n d d y n a m i c s of the unified field. At the classical level of description, this intelli
g e n c e is c o n t a i n e d in the precise m a t h e m a t i c a l form of the unified field—its classical sym
m e t r i e s a n d s t r u c t u r e — w h i c h p r o v i d e s the unmanifest " b l u e p r i n t " of the laws of nature gov
e r n i n g p h y s i c s at every scale. W i t h the introduction of the q u a n t u m principle, this passive,
classical v i e w of intelligence a c q u i r e s a level of d y n a m i s m , discrimination and creativity
not p r e s e n t at the classical level. T h i s d y n a m i c a n d creative v i e w of intelligence afforded by
the q u a n t u m p r i n c i p l e is sufficient to explain the s p o n t a n e o u s and sequential e m e r g e n c e of
the entire, diversified structure of the laws of nature from the unified field, as h a s b e e n expli
citly d e m o n s t r a t e d by the latest unified q u a n t u m field theories, particularly the superstring.
W e h a v e also n o t e d that the clear d i s c r i m i n a t i o n b e t w e e n the field a n d its c a n o n i -
cally c o n j u g a t e m o m e n t u m П i n t r o d u c e d by the q u a n t u m p r i n c i p l e (1) s u g g e s t s a wit
n e s s i n g quality of the field, in w h i c h the field stands clearly d i v o r c e d from its o w n
activity. T h e t e r m " w i t n e s s i n g " t e n d s to i m p l y a d e g r e e of a l e r t n e s s not g e n e r a l l y
a s c r i b e d to a classical field t h e o r y , b u t it is precisely this quality of d y n a m i c intelligence
t h a t the q u a n t u m p r i n c i p l e p r o v i d e s . T h i s d y n a m i s m h a s its r o o t s i n the a l g e b r a i c f o r m
of the c a n o n i c a l c o m m u t a t i o n relation (1) a n d in the resulting infinite-dimensional Lie
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a l g e b r a of q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l o b s e r v a b l e s , and achieves its full physical significance

in the H e i s e n b e r g uncertainty principle (2), w h i c h e n d o w s the field with t r e m e n d o u s
d y n a m i s m at fundamental s p a c e t i m e scales.
In the fundamental a p p r o a c h of M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science, this highly d y n a m i c and
alert quality of the field is present ab initio—the unified field is defined as a field of
d y n a m i c intelligence, or consciousness [4]. H e r e , as we h a v e previously noted, the term
c o n s c i o u s n e s s is clearly distinguished from the highly individualized and a n t h r o p o c e n -
tric s e n s e of the term c o m m o n to everyday experience. It is used to denote a c o m p l e t e l y
u n i v e r s a l field of " p u r e , self-interacting" c o n s c i o u s n e s s — c o n s c i o u s n e s s a w a r e of itself
a l o n e , devoid of any individualizing influence or external objects of e x p e r i e n c e [4,5].
T h i s , h o w e v e r , does not imply that this m o s t fundamental and universal v a l u e of con-
s c i o u s n e s s is b e y o n d the r a n g e of h u m a n experience. T h e experiential technologies of
V e d i c S c i e n c e are precisely formulated to bring this fundamental state of a w a r e n e s s
w i t h i n the r e a l m of h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e [ 4 ] .
In this m o s t fundamental and universal structure of experience, k n o w n as " t r a n s c e n -
dental c o n s c i o u s n e s s " or " p u r e c o n s c i o u s n e s s , " consciousness is isolated in its p u r e form,
d e v o i d of thought or any concrete object of experience. H o w e v e r , due to its intrinsic
n a t u r e as c o n s c i o u s n e s s , c o n s c i o u s n e s s is a w a r e of its o w n existence—i.e., c o n s c i o u s -
n e s s " w i t n e s s e s " itself [6,9]. T h i s highly nonlinear, self-interacting property of a w a r e -
n e s s sets up within the field of c o n s c i o u s n e s s a three-in-one structure of k n o w e r ,
k n o w n , a n d p r o c e s s o f k n o w i n g : c o n s c i o u s n e s s (the k n o w e r ) i s a w a r e o f c o n s c i o u s -
n e s s (the k n o w n ) t h r o u g h t h e a g e n c y o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s (the p r o c e s s o f k n o w i n g ) . T h i s
s e l f - i n t e r a c t i n g d y n a m i c s of c o n s c i o u s n e s s , or w i t n e s s i n g quality of the field, is
t e r m e d the intelligence a s p e c t of the unified field, or buddhi in the l a n g u a g e of V e d i c
Science [4,9]. It is dynamic, discriminative (consciousness discriminates between
itself as k n o w e r , k n o w n , a n d p r o c e s s of k n o w i n g ) a n d c r e a t i v e (it c r e a t e s t h r e e from a
state o f u n i t y ) , a n d c o r r e s p o n d s p r e c i s e l y t o the d y n a m i c , d i s c r i m i n a t i v e , a n d c r e a t i v e
q u a l i t y of i n t e l l i g e n c e found in o u r e a r l i e r d i s c u s s i o n of the q u a n t u m p r i n c i p l e .
T h i s highly nonlinear, self-interacting quality of c o n s c i o u s n e s s is a familiar p r o p e r t y
of a n y unified n o n - A b e l i a n g a u g e field. A n o n - A b e l i a n (i.e., n o n l i n e a r ) field p o s s e s s e s
a d e g r e e of self-interaction not p r e s e n t in an A b e l i a n field, such as e l e c t r o m a g n e t i s m .
B e c a u s e the e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c field e q u a t i o n s are linear in the field strength, t w o b e a m s
of light p a s s t h r o u g h e a c h o t h e r w i t h no interaction and h e n c e no a w a r e n e s s of e a c h
o t h e r ' s p r e s e n c e . A n o n - A b e l i a n field, s u c h as the g l u o n field of q u a n t u m c h r o m o d y -
n a m i c s , the unified e l e c t r o w e a k field, or a superunified g a u g e field, p o s s e s s e s the n o n -
linear p r o p e r t y of self-interaction w h i c h is l a c k i n g in an A b e l i a n field. As a c o n s e -
q u e n c e of its o w n self-coupling, a n o n - A b e l i a n field r e s p o n d s d y n a m i c a l l y to its o w n
p r e s e n c e — t h e field interacts w i t h the field t h r o u g h the a g e n c y of the field. It is this
h i g h l y n o n l i n e a r , self-interacting or "self-referral" property of the field, w h i c h a c h i e v e s
its full significance in the p r e s e n c e of the q u a n t u m principle, that m a k e s t h e unified
field a field of c o n s c i o u s n e s s , a c c o r d i n g to M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science.*
In fact, it is essential for this argument that the field be purely self-interacting, as in the case of a unified
quantum field, and thus the self-sufficient source of all created things. —Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, private
communication.
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Or possibly some subset of that structure, depending on whether the transformation is differentiable, linear, or
unitary.
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*The need to consider states of infinite norm in quantum mechanics introduces a further degree of liveliness not
present in the classical structure of a Hilbert space. It changes the structure of the space to what is called a
"rigged" Hilbert space, which involves a highly dynamic interplay between several different function spaces.
For a detailed discussion, see ref. [18].
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In general, more than one observable may be needed to completely specify a set of basis vectors. In this case,
the set of observables needed to define the basis vectors is called a maximal commuting set.
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v e c t o r s s p a n s the Hilbert space and thereby p r o v i d e s a c o m p l e t e characterization of

q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l k n o w l e d g e . A l t h o u g h each, in itself, is entirely self-sufficient, the
availability of several different b a s e s presents a variety of distinct but c o m p l e m e n t a r y
p e r s p e c t i v e s . For e x a m p l e , in o n e basis, energy serves as the defining characteristic of
the s y s t e m ; in a s e c o n d , its position in s p a c e , and so on. T h i s " c o m p l e m e n t a r i t y " of dif-
ferent v i e w p o i n t s is o n e of the m o r e striking characteristics of the q u a n t u m theory, and
has its clear c o r r e s p o n d e n c e in the different qualities of the k n o w e r or Rishi in M a h a r i -
shi Vedic Science.
If t h e p r o p e r t y of " k n o w e r " in t h e s t r u c t u r e of q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l k n o w l e d g e is
p r o v i d e d b y the H i l b e r t s p a c e o f s t a t e s , t h e n the " p r o c e s s o f k n o w i n g " i s p r o v i d e d b y t h e
quantum-mechanical observables. These quantum-mechanical observables represent
all t h e p r o p e r t i e s of a q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l s y s t e m that c a n be k n o w n — i t s e n e r g y ,
m o m e n t u m , a n g u l a r m o m e n t u m , etc., d e p e n d i n g o n the d e t a i l s o f the q u a n t u m -
mechanical system. These quantum-mechanical observables correspond to operators in
Hilbert s p a c e , a n d c a n therefore b e v i e w e d a s i n f i n i t e - d i m e n s i o n a l m a t r i c e s . T h e s e o p e r -
ators, it m u s t be e m p h a s i z e d , are distinct from the classical q u a n t i t i e s they r e p r e s e n t .
T h e latter d e p e n d i n t i m a t e l y u p o n the state o f the s y s t e m , w h e r e a s the q u a n t u m -
m e c h a n i c a l o b s e r v a b l e s do not. T h e y h a v e a m o r e u n i v e r s a l status, a n d are a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h the p r o c e s s of gaining knowledge, i.e., of e x t r a c t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n about the q u a n -
t u m - m e c h a n i c a l s y s t e m . T h e v a l u e of s o m e classical o b s e r v a b l e ( r e p r e s e n t e d by a
l o w e r c a s e o) in a q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l s y s t e m is c o m p u t e d by t a k i n g the inner p r o d -
uct of the state v e c t o r |W) w i t h the state v e c t o r acted u p o n by the c o r r e s p o n d i n g q u a n -
t u m - m e c h a n i c a l o b s e r v a b l e ( r e p r e s e n t e d by a capital O ) :
(6)
T h e v a l u e of the quantity (o) is well defined only if the s y s t e m is in an eigenstate of the

c o r r e s p o n d i n g o b s e r v a b l e ( O ) ; i.e., if
(7)
O t h e r w i s e , the q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l system d o e s not generally p o s s e s s a definite v a l u e

of the o b s e r v a b l e , and a s e q u e n c e of m e a s u r e m e n t s p e r f o r m e d w i t h identically prepared
s y s t e m s will yield different v a l u e s . T h e a v e r a g e or expected v a l u e of o, averaged over
m a n y trials, is g i v e n by the expectation v a l u e (6).* T h u s the q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l
o b s e r v a b l e ( O ) is clearly distinct from its classically m e a s u r e d quantity (o); the latter
d e p e n d s intimately u p o n the state of the s y s t e m , w h e r e a s the former is an operator in
Hilbert s p a c e associated w i t h the process of g a i n i n g k n o w l e d g e .
T h e q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l notion of an o b s e r v a b l e ( O ) is a far m o r e d y n a m i c concept
than the classical quantity (o) it represents. D u e to their status as operators, these q u a n -
t u m - m e c h a n i c a l o b s e r v a b l e s are the d y n a m i c a l g e n e r a t o r s of transformations in Hilbert
s p a c e . T h e y actively transform o n e q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l state into another and, m o r e
* A more detailed discussion of the quantum measurement process will be presented in Section V.
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The Three-in-One Structure

of Quantum-Mechanical Knowledge
Figure 2.
p r o v i d e d by the Hilbert s p a c e formulation of the q u a n t u m theory and e x a m i n e d this

f u n d a m e n t a l k n o w l e d g e in the light of M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e . We o b s e r v e d a
close correspondence between the three-in-one structure of quantum-mechanical
k n o w l e d g e a n d the self-interacting d y n a m i c s o f n a t u r e ' s intelligence (Rishi, D e v a t a ,
a n d C h h a n d a s ) d e s c r i b e d b y V e d i c S c i e n c e . W e h a v e p r e v i o u s l y s h o w n that the highly
n o n l i n e a r d y n a m i c s o f self-interaction i n t r o d u c e d b y the q u a n t u m principle e n d o w s the
field w i t h a d e g r e e of d y n a m i s m , d i s c r i m i n a t i o n , a n d a creative capacity w h i c h is
essential for the e m e r g e n c e of creation as we k n o w it. We h a v e therefore identified the
q u a n t u m principle w i t h the " i n t e l l i g e n c e " aspect of the unified field—that p r o p e r t y of
t h e unified field w h i c h , a l o n g w i t h its classical s y m m e t r i e s and structure, is responsible
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for the s p o n t a n e o u s and sequential e m e r g e n c e of the diversified structure of the l a w s of

n a t u r e . In Maharishi V e d i c Science, this intelligence aspect of the unified field, or bud-
dhi, is considered equally fundamental: it is this d y n a m i c , discriminative, and creative
p r o p e r t y of the field w h i c h allows the field to k n o w itself, i.e., to interact w i t h itself in a
h i g h l y d y n a m i c and nonlinear w a y . T h i s self-interacting d y n a m i c s of the unified field
h a s , in fact, b e e n called by Maharishi the "first principle of n a t u r e ' s functioning" [4]. It
sets up within the unmanifest field the three-in-one structure of k n o w e r , k n o w n , and
p r o c e s s of k n o w i n g , w h o s e d y n a m i c a l interactions sequentially unfold the diversified
structure of the laws of nature g o v e r n i n g life at all levels of the physical universe.
In the following section, we will present a systematic analysis of the fundamental
m o d e s of the unified field—the e l e m e n t a r y particles and forces of nature. T h r o u g h the
c o m b i n e d understanding p r o v i d e d by Maharishi V e d i c S c i e n c e and the latest four-
d i m e n s i o n a l string formulations, we will develop a m o r e natural u n d e r s t a n d i n g of, and
t e r m i n o l o g y for, the e l e m e n t a r y particles b a s e d directly on the unified field.
IV. T h e Elementary Particles and Forces of Nature

as M o d e s of the Unified Field
In the p r e v i o u s sections, we presented a detailed analysis of the essential characteris-

tics of the unified field and its self-interacting d y n a m i c s . In this section, we will e x p a n d
this analysis to include a systematic investigation of its fundamental m o d e s — t h e ele-
m e n t a r y particles and forces of nature. We h a v e already seen that unified q u a n t u m field
theories provide a natural u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the e l e m e n t a r y particles and forces as the
stable vibrational states of the field. T h e s e natural resonant frequencies, k n o w n as
e n e r g y eigenstates, p o s s e s s certain properties of stability and discreteness that lend
t h e m s e l v e s naturally to an interpretation in t e r m s of particles, and w h i c h are indeed
r e s p o n s i b l e for the classical u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the u n i v e r s e as c o m p o s e d of particles.*
D u e to their physical interpretation as particles, these energy eigenstates are also k n o w n
as " p h y s i c a l particle s t a t e s " of the field. We have previously identified these particle
states with the " k n o w n " or Chhandas quality of the field in Section III.
In the simplest theories, these physical particle states exist in simple, o n e - t o - o n e cor-
r e s p o n d e n c e with the fundamental d y n a m i c a l degrees of freedom of the u n d e r l y i n g
field. For e x a m p l e , in q u a n t u m e l e c t r o d y n a m i c s , electrons and p h o t o n s respectively cor-
r e s p o n d to excited states of the electron a n d photon field. In m o r e c o m p l i c a t e d , nonlin-
ear field t h e o r i e s , this is g e n e r a l l y not the c a s e . In q u a n t u m c h r o m o d y n a m i c s , for
instance, the c o m p l e x spectrum of physical particles (the b a r y o n s and m e s o n s ) bears no
s i m p l e r e s e m b l a n c e to the fundamental d e g r e e s of freedom of the underlying f i e l d s —
the q u a r k and gluon fields. T h e r e m a y be m a n y layers of q u a n t u m d y n a m i c s separating
the fundamental degrees of freedom of the u n d e r l y i n g field and its e m e r g e n t , physical
s p e c t r u m of stable vibrational states.
*The discreteness of the energy levels of a quantum field results from the fact that the amplitude of vibration
associated with each of these resonant modes is constrained by the quantum principle to be in discrete multiples
of Planck's constant. For a more complete introduction, see ref. [11].
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U n t i l r e c e n t l y , t h e r e w a s n o k n o w n field t h e o r y w i t h a p h y s i c a l s p e c t r u m rich e n o u g h
t o a c c o m m o d a t e the great diversity o f e l e m e n t a r y p a r t i c l e s a n d f o r c e s o b s e r v e d i n
n a t u r e . P r e v i o u s unified field t h e o r i e s b a s e d on e x t e n d e d s u p e r g r a v i t y h a d a p h y s i c a l
s p e c t r u m r i c h e n o u g h t o i n c l u d e s o m e , b u t n o t all, o f the k n o w n f o r c e s — t h e strong,
e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c a n d g r a v i t a t i o n a l forces, b u t n o t the w e a k force. I t w a s o n c e h o p e d that
t h e r e m a i n i n g forces a n d p a r t i c l e s c o u l d b e e x p l a i n e d t h r o u g h a m o r e c o m p l i c a t e d
d y n a m i c s involving b o u n d states of the fundamental c o m p o n e n t s of the underlying
t h e o r y ( b i l i n e a r s i n t h e N = 8 supergravity multiplet), b u t t h e s e efforts m e t w i t h severe
t e c h n i c a l difficulties. It is only w i t h the r e c e n t d i s c o v e r y of the s u p e r s t r i n g that a com
p l e t e l y unified field t h e o r y of all t h e e l e m e n t a r y particles a n d forces h a s b e c o m e p o s s i b l e .
N o w , for t h e first t i m e i n history, all k n o w n p a r t i c l e s a n d forces o f n a t u r e c a n b e
explicitly identified w i t h m o d e s of the unified field. A detailed investigation i n t o the
s t r u c t u r e a n d d y n a m i c s of the s u p e r s t r i n g field r e v e a l s a rich s p e c t r u m of v i b r a t i o n a l
states i n direct c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w i t h the o b s e r v e d e l e m e n t a r y p a r t i c l e s a n d forces: the
g r a v i t o n , t h e spin-1 force fields, chiral m a t t e r fields, a n d all their s u p e r s y m m e t r i c part
n e r s . W i t h i n the f r a m e w o r k p r o v i d e d b y t h e superstring, all the n e c e s s a r y b u i l d i n g b l o c k s
o f c r e a t i o n c a n b e clearly u n d e r s t o o d a s the n a t u r a l r e s o n a n t m o d e s o f the unified field.
In o u r effort to c o n n e c t all a s p e c t s of p h y s i c s to their unified s o u r c e in the unified
field, w e w i l l briefly e x p l a i n h o w all the k n o w n forces a n d p a r t i c l e s o f n a t u r e arise from
t h e s u p e r s t r i n g , c l e a r l y identifying e a c h o f t h e s e p a r t i c l e s w i t h specific v i b r a t i o n a l states
o f t h e field. T h i s identification h a s b e e n c o n s i d e r a b l y simplified b y t h e r e c e n t d e r i v a t i o n
[3] o f s u p e r s y m m e t r i c F l i p p e d S U ( 5 ) x U ( l ) from t h e s u p e r s t r i n g u s i n g the free-fermionic
f o r m u l a t i o n i n four d i m e n s i o n s [ 1 9 ] . T h i s d e r i v a t i o n p r o v i d e s the m o s t direct link
b e t w e e n the h e t e r o t i c s t r i n g a n d t h e o b s e r v e d e l e m e n t a r y p a r t i c l e s a n d forces o f n a t u r e ,
while naturally avoiding the problems of cosmological baryogenesis, rapid proton
d e c a y , tree-level f l a v o r - c h a n g i n g n e u t r a l c u r r e n t s , a n d C a b i b b o u n i v e r s a l i t y g e n e r a l l y
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h m a n i f o l d and/or orbifold c o n s t r u c t i o n s i n ten s p a c e t i m e d i m e n s i o n s .
I n d e e d , t h e d i s c o v e r y of a fully r e a l i s t i c g r a n d unified t h e o r y , w h i c h is w h a t super-
s y m m e t r i c F l i p p e d S U ( 5 ) x U ( l ) r e p r e s e n t s , c a n b e c o u n t e d a s o n e o f t h e m a j o r achieve
m e n t s of this c u r r e n t project to r e s t r u c t u r e all a s p e c t s of p h y s i c s in light of t h e unified
field. P r i o r t o t h e k n o w l e d g e p r o v i d e d b y the s u p e r s t r i n g , i t w a s i m p o s s i b l e t o k n o w ,
based on the partial and fragmented understanding of physics available at the electro-
w e a k s c a l e , e x a c t l y w h a t n e w forces a n d n e w g a u g e s y m m e t r i e s w e r e r e l e v a n t t o t h e
p h y s i c s o f f u n d a m e n t a l s c a l e s . A s a c o n s e q u e n c e , g r a n d unified m o d e l b u i l d i n g w a s
l a r g e l y a m a t t e r of g u e s s w o r k , a n d in t h e h i s t o r i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e s e t h e o r i e s ,
Flipped S U ( 5 ) x U ( l ) w a s essentially overlooked.* N o w , based on the k n o w l e d g e of the
u n i f i e d field p r o v i d e d b y the s u p e r s t r i n g , o n e c a n easily s h o w that F l i p p e d S U ( 5 ) x U ( l )
i s t h e o n l y v i a b l e g r a n d unified t h e o r y t h a t c a n arise f r o m t h e unified field i n t h e c o n t e x t
o f s t r i n g t h e o r y . T h e c a n o n i c a l g r a n d unified t h e o r i e s , b a s e d o n c o n v e n t i o n a l S U ( 5 ) ,
S O ( 1 0 ) , o r E 6 , all r e q u i r e adjoint o r l a r g e r self-conjugate H i g g s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s t o b r e a k
t h e m , a n d t h e s e are n o t a v a i l a b l e i n s t r i n g t h e o r i e s ( s e e A p p e n d i x C ) . I n c o n t r a s t ,
Flipped S U ( 5 ) x U ( l ) breaks uniquely to the Standard Model using just antisymmetric
* See, however, ref. [СЗ].
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* In the interest of technical completeness, we note that the specification of these periodicity conditions is per-
formed not on the string per se, but on the string world sheet. The world sheet is the 1 + 1 = 2 dimensional
spacetime surface that describes the classical history of a string as it evolves through time. At the one-loop
(quantum) level of the string dynamics, these world sheets have the topological structure of a torus. The period-
icity conditions described above actually refer to the behavior of these world-sheet fermions under parallel trans-
port around this one-loop string world torus.
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F r o m this a n a l y s i s , w e c o n c l u d e that w i t h i n the f r a m e w o r k p r o v i d e d b y t h e super-

s t r i n g , all the e l e m e n t a r y p a r t i c l e s and forces of nature can be clearly u n d e r s t o o d in
t e r m s o f the unified field. W e h a v e explicitly identified all k n o w n p a r t i c l e s w i t h s p e -
cific v i b r a t i o n a l states of the string ( 1 0 ) . T h u s , the e l e m e n t a r y p a r t i c l e s and forces of
n a t u r e , w h i c h p r o v i d e the stable b u i l d i n g b l o c k s for the w h o l e material u n i v e r s e , stand
clearly r e v e a l e d for w h a t they a r e — t h e natural r e s o n a n t m o d e s of the unified field.
T h i s clear u n d e r s t a n d i n g p r o v i d e d by t h e s u p e r s t r i n g lays the f o u n d a t i o n for a n e w
interpretation and l a n g u a g e of p h y s i c s , in w h i c h the e l e m e n t a r y particles a n d forces of
n a t u r e , and i n d e e d the entire d i s c i p l i n e , are clearly c o n n e c t e d to their unified s o u r c e .
In t h e light of this n e w u n d e r s t a n d i n g , m a n y of the historical p e r s p e c t i v e s a n d lan-
g u a g e of p h y s i c s will g i v e w a y to a m o r e natural u n d e r s t a n d i n g and t e r m i n o l o g y b a s e d
directly on the unified field. Instead of their currently r a n d o m and/or historical n a m e s ,
the e l e m e n t a r y particles will be n a m e d for the specific v i b r a t i o n a l states they c o r r e -
s p o n d to: p e r i o d i c , antiperiodic, etc., r e v e a l i n g their rightful p l a c e in the internal struc-
ture a n d d y n a m i c s of the unified field. T h i s natural l a b e l i n g of all a s p e c t s of the disci-
p l i n e in t e r m s of the unified field p r o v i d e s a natural order and o r g a n i z a t i o n to the
entire d i s c i p l i n e w h i c h w a s not p o s s i b l e a s l o n g a s its unified f o u n d a t i o n w a s h i d d e n
from v i e w .
At the present t i m e , we h a v e also seen that the labeling of m o d e s p r o v i d e d by the
free-fermionic string formulation is rather a w k w a r d . D u e to the n u m b e r of string degrees
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of freedom, the m a n y possible choices of periodicity conditions, and the richness of the
resulting s p e c t r u m , the labeling of these string m o d e s (10) is necessarily s o m e w h a t c u m -
b e r s o m e . V e d i c Science, in c o m p a r i s o n , p r o v i d e s a very natural and c o m p a c t language
of nature w h i c h is also b a s e d directly on the unified field. In the l a n g u a g e of Maharishi
V e d i c S c i e n c e , the five fundamental categories of matter and energy (10) responsible for
material existence are called tanmatras ( m e a n i n g elementary in the sense of n o n -
c o m p o s i t e ) [6,9]. Respectively they are k n o w n as akasha, vayu, tejas, apas, and prithivi.
T h e r e is a striking c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n these five t a n m a t r a s and the five q u a n t u m -
m e c h a n i c a l spin types of a unified q u a n t u m field theory: b e t w e e n the akasha or " s p a c e "
t a n m a t r a and the gravitational field; b e t w e e n the v a y u or " a i r " tanmatra, w h i c h stands as
a link b e t w e e n space and the other tanmatras, and the gravitino field; b e t w e e n the tejas
or "fire" tanmatra, responsible for chemical transformations and the sense of sight, and
the spin-1 force fields; and b e t w e e n the apas and prithivi ("water" and "earth") t a n m a -
tras and the spin-1/2 and spin-0 matter fields, respectively.
T h i s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e is e v e n m o r e striking in the c o n t e x t of a s u p e r s y m m e t r i c u n i -
fied field t h e o r y , such as the s u p e r s t r i n g . In a s u p e r s y m m e t r i c t h e o r y , there is a natural
p a i r i n g o f the five spin t y p e s into three t y p e s o f N = 1 superfields (see F i g u r e 3 ) . T h e
s p i n - 2 g r a v i t o n and the s p i n - 3 / 2 g r a v i t i n o b e c o m e unified in the c o n t e x t of the gravity
superfield, the s p i n - 1 force fields and s p i n - 1 / 2 g a u g i n o s c o m b i n e to form gauge
superfields, and the s p i n - 1 / 2 m a t t e r fields a n d their s p i n - 0 s u p e r s y m m e t r i c p a r t n e r s
g i v e rise to matter superfields. T h e s e s a m e p a i r i n g s are also c o n s i d e r e d f u n d a m e n t a l
in V e d i c S c i e n c e , w h e r e i n a k a s h a a n d v a y u a p p e a r unified in the structure of vata prak-
riti, tejas and a p a s b e c o m e united in the s t r u c t u r e of pitta prakriti, and a p a s and prithivi
c o m b i n e to form kapha prakriti [ 2 0 ] . L i k e the N = 1 superfields, the prakritis p e r t a i n to
the structure of natural l a w at fundamental s p a c e t i m e s c a l e s — a t or near the scale of
super-unification. T h i s striking c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , w h i c h has b e e n discussed in greater
detail e l s e w h e r e in the literature [11], a d d s further w e i g h t to the fundamental identity
b e t w e e n the unified field of pure, self-interacting c o n s c i o u s n e s s and the unified field of
m o d e r n theoretical p h y s i c s : not only do they p o s s e s s identical properties and character-
istics (see S e c t i o n s II and III) but they share the s a m e s p e c t r u m of excitations.
It is v e r y interesting in this context that the unified field or atman (self) is also
k n o w n as sutratma (literally, string-self) [21]:
L i k e the heterotic string, this string ( s u t r a t m a ) h a s the t o p o l o g y of a circle, or mandala

[4]. T h e self-interacting d y n a m i c s of c o n s c i o u s n e s s d e s c r i b e d in the V e d g i v e s rise to
several distinct c a t e g o r i e s of m a n d a l a , w h i c h include the five t a n m a t r a s or spin t y p e s
introduced a b o v e (10) in addition to others (manas, etc.) w h i c h c o r r e s p o n d to subjective
realities that h a v e little t o d o w i t h p h y s i c s b e l o w the Planck scale. H e r e again w e o b s e r v e
a close c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n the structure and d y n a m i c s of the unified field described
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by M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e and the unified q u a n t u m field theory of m o d e r n theoretical

p h y s i c s . T h e essential k n o w l e d g e , and e v e n the technical details, appear to be the s a m e .
T h e difference in t e r m i n o l o g y can be naturally understood as a c o n s e q u e n c e of the differ-
ent a p p r o a c h e s .
To u n d e r s t a n d the significance of the V e d i c n a m e s akasha, etc., in relation to the u n i -
fied field, we first recall w h a t the five f u n d a m e n t a l categories of matter and e n e r g y
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actually represent in the context of a unified field theory. They represent the stable vibra-
tional states, or natural resonant frequencies, of the unified field. We have explicitly
identified the five q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l spin types with specific vibrational states of the
f i e l d — p e r i o d i c a n d / o r antiperiodic, fundamentals and/or h a r m o n i c s of the string (10).
We h a v e therefore discovered a level of n a t u r e ' s d y n a m i c s w h e r e all matter and
e n e r g y — t h e e l e m e n t a r y particles and forces—correspond to specific " s o u n d s " or vibra-
tional patterns of the unified field.
T h i s s a m e u n d e r s t a n d i n g is considered fundamental in Maharishi Vedic Science.
V e d i c S c i e n c e posits an intimate relationship between sound and m e a n i n g , or n a m e and
form, at the unified level of n a t u r e ' s functioning: nama ( n a m e ) b e c o m e s identified w i t h
rupa (form) at the level of the unified field [10]. This intimate relationship b e t w e e n
sound and m e a n i n g , w h i c h we h a v e also seen in the context of the superstring, suggests a
profound system of n o m e n c l a t u r e w h i c h is both novel and natural: to n a m e every object
or expression of the unified field with the actual sound or vibration of the field w h i c h
that object c o r r e s p o n d s to. A c c o r d i n g to Maharishi, this is precisely w h a t the V e d i c
n a m e s akasha, v a y u , etc., represent. T h e y are the actual " s o u n d s " or vibrational patterns
of the unified field associated w i t h those fundamental objects. The spoken w o r d s (akasha,
etc.) directly reflect these fundamental s o u n d s , amplified, translated in frequency, and
articulated on the level of speech.
D u e to this intimate connection b e t w e e n sound and m e a n i n g , V e d i c Science has b e e n
aptly described as a highly refined and sophisticated science of sound. This is p e r h a p s
most profoundly illustrated in the case of the Rig-Ved, the most fundamental aspect of
the V e d i c S a m h i t a and, a c c o r d i n g to Maharishi, the foundation of the entire V e d i c liter-
ature [4]. A c c o r d i n g to M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science, the R i g - V e d presents a c o m p l e t e
record of the structure and d y n a m i c s of the unified field in the form of sound. Indeed,
the syllables of the R i g - V e d are the actual sounds generated by the self-interacting
d y n a m i c s of the unified field and the m e c h a n i c s of s y m m e t r y breaking through w h i c h
the unified field sequentially gives rise to the diversified structure of natural law seen in
nature [10]. For this reason, this fundamental aspect of the V e d i c literature is also
k n o w n as shruti, w h i c h m e a n s " h e a r d . " This term refers to the m a n n e r in which the V e d
w a s c o g n i z e d . T h e s e p r i m o r d i a l s o u n d s , o r m e c h a n i c s o f n a t u r e ' s functioning, w e r e
heard by the sages in the most silent, settled state of their o w n a w a r e n e s s — t h e unified
field of p u r e , self-interacting consciousness.* T h e s e sounds were subsequently recorded
and p r e s e r v e d in the form of speech. T h u s the Rig-Ved, according to Maharishi, is not
an intellectual c o m m e n t a r y on the fundamental m e c h a n i c s of n a t u r e ' s functioning. It is
an actual acoustic record of the total structure of the unified field and its self-
interacting d y n a m i c s . T h i s explains w h y the V e d is primarily an oral tradition, a tradi-
tion of sound painstakingly preserved and passed d o w n from generation to generation.
Transcription, translation and interpretation of the V e d is given very little importance in
the V e d i c tradition. T h e true m e a n i n g and significance of the Ved is vested in the V e d
itself. T h i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g is aptly s u m m a r i z e d in a verse from the R i g - V e d [6].
*At this fundamental level of awareness, it is more correct to say that the Ved hears itself, since in this unified
state of consciousness the knower, the known, and the process of knowing are one and the same. This is why
the Ved is called Samhita, meaning unity of knower, known, and process of knowing [4].
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The sounds of the Ved are generated by the

collapse of unity within itself, in which reside
all the dynamical impulses of natural law
responsible for the whole manifest universe.
T h i s is the specialty of the V e d i c l a n g u a g e , the intimate connection b e t w e e n sound

and m e a n i n g w h e r e b y the n a m e c o r r e s p o n d s precisely to the form of the object. Such a
l a n g u a g e , in w h i c h every expression of the unified field is n a m e d w i t h the actual sound
of the unified field w h i c h that object c o r r e s p o n d s to, is unified field-based in the fullest
possible sense. S u c h n a m e s p o s s e s s a level of authenticity that is not shared by the his-
torical and/or r a n d o m n o m e n c l a t u r e currently in v o g u e .
M a h a r i s h i e x p l a i n s that the V e d i c n a m e s are especially significant for an individual
p o s s e s s i n g the requisite level of c o n s c i o u s n e s s . D u e to the intimate connection b e t w e e n
s o u n d and m e a n i n g at the unified level of n a t u r e ' s functioning, an impulse of s o u n d auto-
matically carries w i t h it the associated form, w i t h all its v a r i o u s properties and character-
istics. If the a w a r e n e s s is lively at this fundamental level, the sound automatically struc-
tures the c o r r e s p o n d i n g e x p e r i e n c e , w i t h all its associated properties and characteristics.
T h i s level of a w a r e n e s s in w h i c h the n a m e automatically i n v o k e s the form of the object is
k n o w n as ritam bhara pragya, m e a n i n g "that level of the intellect that c o m p r e h e n d s only
t r u t h " [4]. G i v e n a c c e s s to this fundamental level of a w a r e n e s s , the V e d i c terminology
p r o v i d e s a powerful research m e t h o d o l o g y . All the fundamental m o d e s of the unified
field can be systematically stimulated on the level of consciousness through the introduc-
tion of these V e d i c t e r m s [4]. W i t h o u t this ritam level of awareness, the V e d i c n a m e s lose
their special significance, m u c h as a h o l o g r a m loses its special significance in the absence
of c o h e r e n t light. M a h a r i s h i e x p l a i n s that it w a s the lack of w i d e s p r e a d availability of this
f u n d a m e n t a l level of c o n s c i o u s n e s s in recent history that had placed the V e d i c k n o w l e d g e
in a state of decline [ 9 ] . T h i s situation is also described by the p r e v i o u s v e r s e from the
R i g - V e d , w h i c h c o n t i n u e s [6]
He whose awareness is not open to this field,

what can the sounds of the Ved accomplish for him?
Those who know this level of consciousness are
established in unity, wholeness of life.
T h e current revival of the V e d i c k n o w l e d g e by Maharishi has largely been possible

through his rediscovery of the specific subjective technologies, the Transcendental Medita-
tion and T M - S i d h i programs, needed to restore this basic experience. T h e Transcendental
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M e d i t a t i o n t e c h n i q u e naturally p r o d u c e s this fundamental level of a w a r e n e s s , in w h i c h

c o n s c i o u s n e s s is identified w i t h the unified field. T h e T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m then s t i m u -
lates sequentially all the f u n d a m e n t a l m o d e s of the unified field u s i n g specific m e n t a l
f o r m u l a s or i m p u l s e s of s o u n d prescribed by M a h a r i s h i Patanjali t h o u s a n d s of years
a g o [4]. T h e resulting e x p e r i e n c e of all the fundamental aspects of natural law as m o d e s
of o n e ' s o w n a w a r e n e s s indeed p r o v i d e s the m o s t striking experiential confirmation of
the p r o p o s e d identity b e t w e e n the unified field of p u r e , self-interacting c o n s c i o u s n e s s
and the unified field n o w b e i n g g l i m p s e d by m o d e r n theoretical physics [11]. T h i s
direct e x p e r i e n c e is as r e p e a t a b l e , as striking and u n a m b i g u o u s for the experiencer as
any data obtained t h r o u g h the u s e of particle accelerators. It can be replicated at any
t i m e by a n y o n e p o s s e s s i n g the requisite apparatus and training. T h i s apparatus and
training, respectively, consist of a h u m a n n e r v o u s system and instruction in the experi-
ential t e c h n o l o g i e s of M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e — t h e T r a n s c e n d e n t a l M e d i t a t i o n and
T M - S i d h i programs. I n d e e d , the direct experience of the unified field of p u r e , self-
interacting c o n s c i o u s n e s s as the unified field of all the l a w s of nature is self-evidently
m o r e real than any e x p e r i e n c e in the d o m a i n of ordinary w a k i n g c o n s c i o u s n e s s , for the
s a m e reason that w a k i n g e x p e r i e n c e is self-evidently m o r e real than d r e a m i n g — i t r e p -
resents a m o r e integrated, holistic and logically self-consistent state of functioning of
the brain p h y s i o l o g y .
T h e k n o w l e d g e o f the V e d i c s o u n d s and their classification b y M a h a r i s h i h a s h a d
p r o f o u n d a p p l i c a t i o n in m a n y different areas. T h i s k n o w l e d g e p r e s e n t s a c o m p l e t e sci-
e n c e of t r a n s f o r m a t i o n b a s e d on the unified field. T h r o u g h the introduction of specific
i m p u l s e s of s o u n d (specific frequencies or patterns of vibration of the unified field),
o n e c a n i n d u c e a t r a n s f o r m a t i o n from one frequency or pattern to another, in a m a n n e r
familiar t o e x p e r i m e n t a l i s t s and theorists w o r k i n g w i t h scattering e x p e r i m e n t s o r F e y n -
m a n g r a p h s . T h e i n t r o d u c t i o n of a n e w frequency or " p a r t i c l e " into the initial-state
configuration l e a d s to a w h o l e n e w r a n g e of final-state possibilities, in a c c o r d a n c e
w i t h a set of selection rules and c o n s e r v a t i o n l a w s appropriate to p h y s i c s at that level.
T h i s h a s o p e n e d up an entire field of " V e d i c e n g i n e e r i n g " or M a h a r i s h i Y a g y a [9],
w h i c h applies the k n o w l e d g e of the V e d i c s o u n d s to effect t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s at any and
all levels of the p h y s i c a l u n i v e r s e . A l t h o u g h V e d i c e n g i n e e r i n g is not a n e w s c i e n c e , it
h a d fallen into a state of relative disuse b e c a u s e its application m u s t be from the level
o f t h e unified field. W i t h o u t t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e v e l o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s , t h e V e d i c
s o u n d s are just g r o s s e x p r e s s i o n s on the level of s p e e c h , and h a v e a c o r r e s p o n d i n g l y
limited effect.
O n e interesting and w i d e s p r e a d application of the V e d i c t e r m i n o l o g y is k n o w n as
Maharishi Vedic Vigation Technology, w h i c h addresses specific i m b a l a n c e s in the
p h y s i o l o g y t h r o u g h the application of certain s o u n d s . T h i s represents just o n e s m a l l
aspect of a c o m p l e t e s c i e n c e of health k n o w n as M a h a r i s h i A y u r - V e d , w h i c h is b a s e d
directly on the f u n d a m e n t a l k n o w l e d g e contained in the R i g - V e d [4]. T h e principal
focus of M a h a r i s h i A y u r - V e d is on the level of the unified field, i.e., the restoration of
b a l a n c e in the p h y s i o l o g y t h r o u g h direct e x p e r i e n c e of the unified field of p u r e , self-
i n t e r a c t i n g c o n s c i o u s n e s s . H o w e v e r , M a h a r i s h i A y u r - V e d also i n c l u d e s n u m e r o u s
approaches based on m o r e expressed levels of natural law if and w h e n necessary,
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i n c l u d i n g the restoration of p h y s i o l o g i c a l b a l a n c e at the level of the three prakritis or

superfields t h r o u g h the application of p r i m o r d i a l s o u n d s , herbs or m i n e r a l s with the
appropriate b a l a n c e of these prakritis. As in m o d e r n science, there are m a n y different
levels of structure on w h i c h any o r g a n or tissue can be described and treated: the gross
structural level, the m o l e c u l a r or b i o c h e m i c a l level and, in the case of M a h a r i s h i A y u r -
V e d , increasingly f u n d a m e n t a l levels including the five spin types, the three super-
fields, and the unified field itself.
A c o m p l e t e discussion of the n u m e r o u s applications and a p p r o a c h e s of Maharishi
V e d i c S c i e n c e is b e y o n d the scope of this work. However, the spectacular a c h i e v e m e n t s
and p r o v e n effectiveness of the V e d i c l a n g u a g e and approach in the field of health alone
[22] clearly d e m o n s t r a t e the practical v a l u e of a unified field-based a p p r o a c h a n d t e r m i -
n o l o g y in w h i c h all o b j e c t s are n a m e d w i t h the actual sounds or vibrations of the field
that they c o r r e s p o n d to.
S u c h a level of perfection of n o m e n c l a t u r e is w h a t we w o u l d like to achieve for physics.
S u c h a s y s t e m will necessarily include the use of V e d i c t e r m s , since these are the actual
s o u n d s c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o the fundamental objects studied b y p h y s i c s . W e h a v e therefore
i n c l u d e d these V e d i c S c i e n c e expressions in our graphical presentation of the structure of
a unified q u a n t u m field s h o w n in Figure 1.
In this section, we h a v e u n d e r s t o o d all the e l e m e n t a r y particles and forces of nature
in t e r m s of the unified field. We h a v e explicitly identified all the e l e m e n t a r y particles
and forces, a l o n g w i t h the origin of s p a c e itself, with specific vibrational states of the
field u s i n g the f r e e - f e r m i o n i c s t r i n g f o r m u l a t i o n . T h e s e e l e m e n t a r y p a r t i c l e s a n d
forces, w h i c h c o m p r i s e the five q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l spin types, are s h o w n in relation
to t h e unified field in F i g u r e 1, together w i t h their c o r r e s p o n d i n g V e d i c S c i e n c e e x p r e s -
sions. T h e addition of these V e d i c S c i e n c e n a m e s should p r o v i d e the student of p h y s -
ics, as w e l l as the a d v a n c e d researcher, w i t h a powerful research m e t h o d o l o g y w h e n
these n a m e s are applied via the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m at the appropriate, unified level of
a w a r e n e s s , w h e r e the c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n n a m e and form is lively. In addition to
the abstract k n o w l e d g e s u c h e x p e r i e n c e p r o v i d e s , the applied, practical v a l u e of these
f u n d a m e n t a l fields is o b v i o u s and a u t o m a t i c at that unified level of a w a r e n e s s . * T h e
i m p l i c a t i o n s of a c o m p l e t e science and t e c h n o l o g y of the unified field will be further
c o n s i d e r e d in S e c t i o n V I .
V. Quantum Cosmology and Vedic Cosmology
T h e m o s t o b v i o u s practical expression of the unified field is the universe itself. T h e

study of the origin and evolution of the u n i v e r s e is the science of c o s m o l o g y . In this
section, we will review the m e c h a n i c s of creation from the unified field and their impli-
cations for a unified field-based c o s m o l o g i c a l theory, u s i n g the c o m b i n e d perspectives of
m o d e r n science and the V e d i c Science of M a h a r i s h i M a h e s h Y o g i .
*The practical application of the five tanmatras is described in Patanjali ref. [23]. Research has shown a restora-
tion of physiological balance and efficiency [24], improved health and resistance to disease [25], growth of intel-
ligence [26] and creativity [27], improved moral reasoning [28], and many other benefits [29] from the regular
practice of the TM-Sidhi program.
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c o n s c i o u s n e s s and its self-interacting d y n a m i c s ; it results from the discriminative (bud-

dhi) nature of c o n s c i o u s n e s s to k n o w itself m o r e and m o r e completely. F r o m this funda-
m e n t a l perspective, put forth by the V e d a n t a aspect of the V e d i c literature, the m e c h a n -
ics of creation do not begin w i t h the field of c o n s c i o u s n e s s and p r o c e e d t o w a r d s matter;
the entire s e q u e n c e of e x p r e s s i o n is u n d e r s t o o d to occur within the field of consciousness
[4]. T h e p r o c e s s of creation simply represents a sequentially m o r e elaborated self-
c o m m e n t a r y on the nature of c o n s c i o u s n e s s itself.
S i m i l a r l y in p h y s i c s , the entire d y n a m i c s and s e q u e n c e of e x p r e s s i o n s h o w n in F i g -
ure 1 can be v i e w e d as a sequentially m o r e e x p a n d e d c o m m e n t a r y on the unified field
itself. E v e r y stage in the sequential unfoldment of the l a w s of nature from the unified
field is an a u t o m a t i c c o n s e q u e n c e of the detailed structure of the unified field and its self-
interacting d y n a m i c s . At no stage in this sequential u n f o l d m e n t is it necessary to intro-
d u c e additional ad hoc postulates and a s s u m p t i o n s : the creative p r o c e s s o c c u r s entirely
by itself in a self-sufficient m a n n e r as a s p o n t a n e o u s and inevitable c o n s e q u e n c e of the
unified field itself. Herein lies the predictive p o w e r of a unified q u a n t u m field t h e o r y —
the entire diversified structure of the l a w s of nature can be derived from the highly c o m -
pact a n d unified structure of the unified field—provided o n e p o s s e s s e s the analytic tools
n e e d e d to unfold its detailed d y n a m i c s .
T h i s spontaneous and sequential m e c h a n i c s of creation is s u m m a r i z e d in a verse from
the V e d i c literature describing the m e c h a n i c s of speech. Because the individual and the cos-
m o s are unified at their basis, the individual awareness (atman) and its self-expression
through speech is directly parallel to the m e c h a n i c s of creation in nature. This mechanics
is analyzed in shiksha [30], on w h i c h Maharishi has offered the following c o m m e n t a r y :
Atman buddhi arthan manas vivarta kayagni vayu akasha
S p e e c h is an e x p r e s s i o n of atman, the self. Its d e v e l o p m e n t b e g i n s w h e n t h e intelli-

g e n c e aspect of a t m a n , or buddhi, d i s c r i m i n a t e s the self into the k n o w e r , the k n o w n ,
a n d the p r o c e s s of k n o w i n g . T h e s e three are represented by arthan, w h i c h m e a n s the
" o b j e c t s o f b u d d h i . " A l l p o s s i b l e r e l a t i o n s h i p s a m o n g t h e s e three, and their associated
s h a d e s of m e a n i n g , constitute the d o m a i n of manas, or " m i n d . " T h e four ( a t m a n , b u d -
dhi, a r t h a n , m a n a s ) are traditionally a s s o c i a t e d w i t h the subjective aspect of e x i s t e n c e .
T h e s e are f o l l o w e d by vivarta, w h i c h means "transformation in a p p e a r a n c e . " It
d e s c r i b e s the transition from subjectivity to objectivity w h i c h o c c u r s , a c c o r d i n g to
M a h a r i s h i , w h e n the subjective i m p u l s e o f t h o u g h t gets translated, t h r o u g h the D N A ,
into n e u r o p e p t i d e s a n d o t h e r c o m p l e x p r o t e i n s w h i c h c o m p r i s e the b i o c h e m i s t r y o f
t h o u g h t [ 4 ] . T h i s transition also r e p r e s e n t s the j u n c t i o n point b e t w e e n the q u a n t u m -
m e c h a n i c a l and the classical in the structure of the h u m a n p h y s i o l o g y . It is called a
"transformation in appearance" because, according to Maharishi V e d i c S c i e n c e , the
transition from q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l to classical, or from c o n s c i o u s n e s s to matter,
n e v e r really o c c u r s . N a t u r e is n e v e r s e p a r a t e from c o n s c i o u s n e s s , and the e m e r g e n c e of
c l a s s i c a l b e h a v i o r is a m a t t e r of a p p e a r a n c e o n l y . T h e classical v i e w p o i n t merely
affords a natural a n d c o n v e n i e n t p e r s p e c t i v e o n c e the s y s t e m a c h i e v e s a certain d e g r e e
of c o m p l e x i t y , or o n c e m a t t e r b e c o m e s sufficiently precipitated. On the level of the
" c o s m i c p h y s i o l o g y , " this a p p a r e n t transition from q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l t o classical
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b e g i n s at the P l a n c k scale, w h e r e the field of gravity d e c o u p l e s from the rest of p h y s -

ics a n d s p a c e t i m e b e g i n s to display its classical 3 + 1 d i m e n s i o n a l structure. At the
s a m e t i m e , the d y n a m i c s o f the superstring b e g i n s t o b e r e p l a c e d b y a n a p p r o x i m a t e ,
effective l o w - e n e r g y field theory of elementary particles. N e i t h e r of these transforma-
t i o n s are g e n u i n e : the transition from q u a n t u m gravity to classical gravity and from
string d y n a m i c s to field theory are "transformations in a p p e a r a n c e " only. N e x t c o m e s
kayagni, or "fire of intelligence." O n c e the i m p u l s e of t h o u g h t enters the b i o c h e m i s t r y ,
it creates ( a l o n g w i t h other physiological c h a n g e s ) a spur to e x h a l e , leading to a m o v e -
m e n t of air (vayu) and to the p r o d u c t i o n of s o u n d t h r o u g h the v o c a l c h o r d s w h i c h then
p r o p a g a t e s through s p a c e (akasha). H e n c e the e m e r g e n c e of the physical e l e m e n t s
( v a y u , etc.) follows the transformation (vivarta) from q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l to classical,
just as the five spin t y p e s follow the transition to classical s p a c e t i m e in the structure of
a unified q u a n t u m field theory (see Figure 1).
Here again, the key point w h i c h e m e r g e s from M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science description
is that the transition from a t m a n to b u d d h i , to arthan, etc., never really occurs. B u d d h i ,
arthan, m a n a s , etc., all exist within the nature of a t m a n itself. Intelligence is not outside
of c o n s c i o u s n e s s : it is the v e r y nature of c o n s c i o u s n e s s . D i s c r i m i n a t i o n b e t w e e n the
k n o w e r , the k n o w n , and the p r o c e s s of k n o w i n g is not outside of intelligence, but is the
v e r y nature of intelligence. T h e entire sequential m e c h a n i c s of creation exists within the
field of c o n s c i o u s n e s s . It is just a sequentially m o r e elaborated c o m m e n t a r y on the
nature of c o n s c i o u s n e s s , as intellectually c o n c e i v e d by its o w n discriminative aspect, or
b u d d h i . H e n c e the notion of diversity disconnected from unity is a fundamental m i s c o n -
ception. T h i s m i s c o n c e p t i o n is k n o w n as pragya-aparadh or " m i s t a k e of the intellect"
[4]. B e c a u s e it p l a y s an important role in our s u b s e q u e n t c o s m o l o g i c a l discussion and is
c o n s i d e r e d so fundamental in M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e , we will take a m o m e n t to e l a b -
orate on this c o n c e p t here.
Pragya-aparadh results w h e n , in the m e c h a n i c s of creation from the field of c o n -
s c i o u s n e s s , the intellect loses sight of the essential unity w h i c h is the true n a t u r e of
the self. D u e to an inflexibility in the n e u r o p h y s i o l o g y , s o m e w h e r e in the sequential
p r o g r e s s i o n of unity to diversity the e x p e r i e n c e of unity is lost. T h e intellect g e t s
c a u g h t up in its o w n creation, i.e., gets o v e r s h a d o w e d by the p e r c e p t i o n of diversity to
the e x c l u s i o n of the unity w h i c h is the actual nature of the self b e i n g d i s c r i m i n a t e d .
A c c o r d i n g to M a h a r i s h i , this m i s t a k e of the intellect is so f u n d a m e n t a l to the n a t u r e of
h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e that it is r e s p o n s i b l e for all p r o b l e m s and suffering in life.
P s y c h o l o g i c a l l y , this e x p e r i e n c e of a f r a g m e n t e d a n d d i s c o n n e c t e d e x i s t e n c e c a u s e s
d i s o r i e n t a t i o n . U n c e r t a i n t y , instability, isolation a n d l i m i t a t i o n s a u t o m a t i c a l l y result
w h e n the unified s o u r c e a n d b a s i s o f e x i s t e n c e i s h i d d e n from v i e w . N e u r o p h y s i o l o g i -
cally, this f r a g m e n t e d s t r u c t u r e of e x p e r i e n c e g i v e s rise to the h i g h l y u n i n t e g r a t e d
style o f b r a i n f u n c t i o n i n g k n o w n a s w a k i n g c o n s c i o u s n e s s , w h i c h i s c o n s i d e r e d n o r -
m a l t h r o u g h o u t the w o r l d . P h y s i o l o g i c a l l y , this f r a g m e n t e d state o f p s y c h o l o g y
l e a d s , t h r o u g h i m b a l a n c e d t h i n k i n g and its a s s o c i a t e d n e u r o c h e m i s t r y , t o i m b a l a n c e i n
the p h y s i o l o g y , l e a d i n g to a d e g r a d a t i o n of the i m m u n e s y s t e m and a r e s u l t i n g s u s -
c e p t i b i l i t y to n u m e r o u s d i s e a s e s a n d d i s o r d e r s , and to an a c c e l e r a t i o n of b i o l o g i c a l
a g i n g . S o c i o l o g i c a l l y , the lack of u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d clear e x p e r i e n c e of the holistic
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M O D E R N SCIENCE AND VEDIC SCIENCE
a n d u n i f i e d b a s i s o f e x i s t e n c e r e s u l t s i n b e h a v i o r w h i c h i s less t h a n h a r m o n i o u s and
u n i v e r s a l in its s c o p e .
T h i s fragmented structure of k n o w l e d g e and experience is reflected in the current
s y s t e m s o f e d u c a t i o n , a s w e l l a s i n t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l a c a d e m i c disci
p l i n e s t h e m s e l v e s . O f all t h e d i s c i p l i n e s , o n l y p h y s i c s h a s a c h i e v e d s o m e p a r t i a l
u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f its u n i f i e d s o u r c e i n t h e u n i f i e d field, a n d t h i s r e l a t i v e l y r e c e n t
u n d e r s t a n d i n g h a s h a d little i m p a c t o n t h e m a n n e r i n w h i c h p h y s i c s i s u n d e r s t o o d a n d
taught. The primary purpose of Maharishi V e d i c S c i e n c e a n d its a p p l i e d , experien
tial t e c h n o l o g i e s is to r e s t o r e a m o r e i n t e g r a t e d state of n e u r o p h y s i o l o g i c a l function
i n g i n w h i c h all a s p e c t s o f e x p e r i e n c e a r e c l e a r l y c o n n e c t e d t o t h e i r u n i f i e d s o u r c e i n
t h e u n i f i e d field o f p u r e , s e l f - i n t e r a c t i n g c o n s c i o u s n e s s . T h e T r a n s c e n d e n t a l Medita
t i o n t e c h n i q u e , for e x a m p l e , b y t a k i n g t h e a w a r e n e s s r e p e a t e d l y f r o m t h e l o c a l i z e d
c h a n n e l s o f t h o u g h t a n d p e r c e p t i o n t o t h e silent, u n m a n i f e s t s o u r c e o f t h o u g h t , cul
t u r e s w i t h i n t h e b r a i n p h y s i o l o g y a flexibility w h i c h s i m u l t a n e o u s l y c o m p r e h e n d s
b o t h s i l e n c e a n d d y n a m i s m — u n b o u n d e d a w a r e n e s s t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e l o c a l i z e d boun
daries of waking, d r e a m i n g and deep sleep states of consciousness. T h e T M - S i d h i
p r o g r a m , b y t a k i n g t h e a w a r e n e s s r e p e a t e d l y t h r o u g h t h e fine m e c h a n i c s o f c r e a t i o n
f r o m t h e u n i f i e d field, c l e a r l y r e v e a l s all t h e d i v e r s e a s p e c t s o f n a t u r a l l a w a s v a r i o u s
m o d e s o f t h e u n i f i e d field. T h i s e x p e r i e n c e , i n p a r t i c u l a r , d e v e l o p s a n i n t e g r a t e d state
o f n e u r o p h y s i o l o g i c a l f u n c t i o n i n g i n w h i c h all a s p e c t s o f e x p e r i e n c e a r e d i r e c t l y per
ceived as m o d e s of o n e ' s o w n intelligence. In this expanded state of awareness, the
p s y c h o l o g y , p h y s i o l o g y , a n d s o c i a l b e h a v i o r a r e r e s t o r e d t o a n a t u r a l s t a t e o f integra
tion, h a r m o n y and balance [ 2 4 - 2 9 ] . T h i s quality of experience is s u m m a r i z e d in a
verse from the Bhagavad Gita [9], which Maharishi has described as the encapsulated
essence of the V e d i c w i s d o m :
He whose self is established in unity, whose vision everywhere is even, sees the
Self in all beings, and all beings in the Self.
T h i s V e d i c c o n c e p t i o n o f t h e e n t i r e u n i v e r s e r e s i d i n g w i t h i n t h e u n i f i e d field, a s
o p p o s e d t o e m e r g i n g f r o m it, h a s its c o r r e s p o n d i n g u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d e x p r e s s i o n i n a
relatively recent area of physics k n o w n as quantum cosmology. Q u a n t u m cosmology
applies the principles of q u a n t u m m e c h a n i c s to the universe as a w h o l e . B e c a u s e the
universe incorporates gravity in addition to the other fundamental forces and particles,
a p r o p e r t r e a t m e n t o f t h i s s u b j e c t n e c e s s a r i l y r e q u i r e s a u n i f i e d field t h e o r y s u c h a s
the superstring, since without unification the force of gravity is not q u a n t u m -
m e c h a n i c a l l y c o n s i s t e n t . T h e first p a p e r s o n s u p e r s t r i n g c o s m o l o g y a r e n o w begin
ning to appear.
W e h a v e p r e v i o u s l y s e e n , b a s e d o n g e n e r a l p r i n c i p l e s , that t h e v a c u u m state o f a
field, or i n d e e d a n y s t a t e c h a r a c t e r i z e d by a finite e n e r g y d e n s i t y , m u s t r e p r e s e n t a
s i m u l t a n e o u s c o e x i s t e n c e o f m a n y c l a s s i c a l field s h a p e s . I n d e e d , i n A p p e n d i x В w e
s h o w that t h e v a c u u m state of a s c a l a r field is g i v e n by a q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l super
p o s i t i o n o f all p o s s i b l e s h a p e s . T h e v a c u u m state r e p r e s e n t s t h e n a t u r a l s t a r t i n g p o i n t
for a n y c o s m o l o g i c a l s t u d y , s i n c e i t i s t h e o n l y stable, u n b o u n d e d , L o r e n t z - i n v a r i a n t
s t a t e o f t h e field. L e t u s n o w c o n s i d e r w h a t w o u l d h a p p e n i f t h e unified field, t h r o u g h
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structure of the R i g - V e d S a m h i t a , w h o s e sequential progression of sound and silence*

perfectly reflects the m e c h a n i c s of creation itself [4]. Unfortunately, the available trans-
lations of the V e d do not m e a n m u c h , since there are no c o r r e s p o n d i n g English w o r d s
that capture all the information stored in the V e d i c p h o n e m e s . M a h a r i s h i has, h o w e v e r ,
p l a c e d considerable e m p h a s i s on the p h o n e t i c analysis of the R i g - V e d [10], and we will
therefore briefly s u m m a r i z e the m e c h a n i c s of creation as revealed t h r o u g h a p h o n e t i c
analysis of the first w o r d of the R i g - V e d : AGNIM.
According to M a h a r i s h i , the letter A represents fullness—the field of all possibilities.
Phonetically, it c o r r e s p o n d s to the m o s t w i d e open and least obstructed position in the
p h y s i o g n o m y of s p e e c h . It is the first letter in every major p h o n e t i c (or alphabetic) sys-
tem and is said to include all other s o u n d s , in the sense that its m o d u l a t i o n by the
t o n g u e and lips p r o d u c e s all other s o u n d s . T h e letter G represents its e x t r e m e o p p o -
s i t e — c o m p l e t e e m p t i n e s s or "point v a l u e " of speech. Phonetically it c o r r e s p o n d s to the
m o s t closed or fully obstructed v a l u e of speech. T h e c o m b i n a t i o n AG, a c c o r d i n g to
M a h a r i s h i , represents the collapse of fullness to a point, w h i c h occurs w h e n c o n s c i o u s -
n e s s , the field of all possibilities, b e c o m e s aware of its o w n point v a l u e . It is precisely
a n a l o g o u s to the collapse of the v a c u u m w a v e functional w h i c h w o u l d occur if the field
w e r e to o b s e r v e its o w n a m p l i t u d e (see Figure 4). T h e letter N represents negation,
w h i l e the letter I indicates a leading out. T h e c o m b i n a t i o n NI represents a negation of
the p o i n t v a l u e followed by a leading out from the point b a c k in the d i r e c t i o n of
infinity. In the w o r d s of M a h a r i s h i , " c o n s c i o u s n e s s recoils from its o w n point value,
w h i c h represents a highly restricted and h e n c e unnatural state of the a w a r e n e s s . " T h i s is,
again, closely a n a l o g o u s to the situation in q u a n t u m m e c h a n i c s , w h e r e the field
r e b o u n d s d y n a m i c a l l y from the highly u n n a t u r a l classical shape state (11) w h i c h results
from q u a n t u m m e a s u r e m e n t to a g a i n b e c o m e a q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l s u p e r p o s i t i o n of
s h a p e s . Finally the M in AGNIM represents c o n t i n u a n c e , and implies that the m e c h a n i c s
of creation, o n c e set into m o t i o n by the collapse of infinity, c o n t i n u e s indefinitely, in
direct analogy to the situation described by q u a n t u m m e c h a n i c s .
T h e r e are several aspects of this c o s m o l o g i c a l m o d e l b a s e d on the collapse of the v a c -
u u m w a v e functional that require refinement. First, the collapse of the v a c u u m w a v e
functional, w e r e it really to h a p p e n , w o u l d require an e n o r m o u s e x p e n d i t u r e of energy,
since it t a k e s the field from the v a c u u m state to a highly excited state of the field, and it
is not clear w h e r e this energy w o u l d c o m e from. T h i s , by itself, is not sufficient to
invalidate the m o d e l , since it is not clear h o w to interpret or enforce e n e r g y conservation
at the superunified scale, given the p r e s e n c e of w o r m h o l e s and other nonperturbative
quantum-gravitational effects. S e c o n d , there is no evidence in p h y s i c s for the reduction
of t h e w a v e function in closed, q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l s y s t e m s with no external, classical
o b s e r v e r . In particular, highly sensitive e x p e r i m e n t a l tests of nonlinear corrections to
the S h r o d i n g e r equation of the form that c o u l d lead to a reduction of the w a v e packet
h a v e found no evidence for s u c h nonlinear behavior. B o t h a r g u m e n t s indicate that an
* Maharishi explains that much of the creative dynamics of nature is contained in the gaps between the Vedic
phonemes, i.e., in the sequential mechanics of transformation from one syllable to the next. The mechanics of
collapse of sound to silence, the mechanics of transformation within the silence, and the sequential emergence of
sound from silence are all essential components of the Vedic Samhita [4].
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actual collapse of the v a c u u m w a v e functional b a s e d on any intrinsic field-theoretic

mechanism appears unlikely.
It s e e m s m u c h m o r e plausible, from the standpoints of both m o d e r n science and
V e d i c S c i e n c e , that the "collapse of infinity" d o e s not constitute an actual collapse of
the v a c u u m w a v e functional, but merely represents a shift in attention—from the q u a n -
t u m - m e c h a n i c a l superposition of all possible field shapes, w h i c h represents the true
structure of the q u a n t u m v a c u u m , to one of the infinite n u m b e r of field shapes w h i c h
c o m p r i s e this state. O n c e the a w a r e n e s s has b e c o m e localized on a particular value, the
s u b s e q u e n t evolution of that state w o u l d appear to follow in precisely the s a m e d y n a m i -
cal m a n n e r described above. H o w e v e r , due to the s i m u l t a n e o u s coexistence of all such
states, each of w h i c h u n d e r g o e s a highly nontrivial time evolution, the overall structure
of the v a c u u m r e m a i n s completely u n c h a n g e d and retains its perfectly balanced and s y m -
metrical structure.
T h i s b a s i c notion of a shift in attention m a y p r o v i d e a more useful interpretation of
q u a n t u m m e a s u r e m e n t generally. Besides the fact that there is no physical evidence for
w a v e function reduction in closed q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l systems, there are other argu-
m e n t s and e x p e r i m e n t s w h i c h suggest that the reduction of the w a v e function m a y be
m o r e a matter of perspective than an actual physical event. First, the reduction of the
w a v e p a c k e t has been experimentally s h o w n to violate strong causality: i.e., the col-
lapse e x t e n d s to space-like separated c o m p o n e n t s of a q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l system. T h i s
m a k e s any physical interpretation of the collapse of the w a v e function as an actual, c a u -
sal event e x t r e m e l y difficult. S e c o n d , the collapse of the w a v e function has been s h o w n
to obey w e a k causality, w h i c h m e a n s that it cannot be used to c o m m u n i c a t e any infor-
m a t i o n . T h u s there is no indication w h a t s o e v e r for a second observer that a collapse has
o c c u r r e d as a result of a m e a s u r e m e n t performed by the first observer, w h i c h also s u g -
gests that the collapse of the w a v e function is a p h e n o m e n o n in c o n s c i o u s n e s s and not a
physical event per se. It a p p e a r s to be intimately associated with a fragmented perspect-
ive, in w h i c h the q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l system is a s s u m e d to p o s s e s s an objective e x i s -
tence i n d e p e n d e n t from the system that m e a s u r e s it.*
A c c o r d i n g to this e x p a n d e d c o s m o l o g i c a l framework, the true q u a n t u m v a c u u m is
s e e n as a s i m u l t a n e o u s coexistence, or q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l superposition, of all possi-
b l e u n i v e r s e s . S o m e of these universes c o r r e s p o n d to deSitter manifolds in a state of
e x p o n e n t i a l inflation, w h i l e others are in a state of contraction. We are the inhabitants
of one such inflationary universe. As long as our a w a r e n e s s r e m a i n s p e r m a n e n t l y c o n -
fined w i t h i n the localized b o u n d a r i e s of thought, speech and action, this will be the
extent of the reality we k n o w . If, through proper education, our c o m p r e h e n s i o n is
e x p a n d e d to include the w a v e function of the universe, we b e c o m e identified w i t h a
m u c h greater w h o l e n e s s in w h i c h t i m e and evolution cease, and the eternal, L o r e n t z -
invariant reality b e c o m e s the d o m i n a n t perception.
T h i s is the k n o w l e d g e and experience provided by M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science. T h e
localization of the a w a r e n e s s within b o u n d a r i e s b e c o m e s a matter of conscious c h o i c e —
a shift of the attention from infinity to a point. T h e r e is no h a r m in e x p e r i e n c i n g the
*This view has also been expressed recently by J.S. Bell. [31]
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p o i n t — o f enjoying isolated possibilities in the field of all possibilities—provided the

e x p e r i e n c e of the w h o l e is maintained. In this highly flexible state of a w a r e n e s s , in
w h i c h the parts are enjoyed w h i l e the w h o l e is maintained, there is no c o l l a p s e and no
associated loss of w h o l e n e s s . It is the loss of w h o l e n e s s , not the e n j o y m e n t of the parts,
w h i c h is k n o w n as p r a g y a - a p a r a d h . It m a k e s o n e a captive of o n e ' s isolated experiences
and a victim of c i r c u m s t a n c e s in the e n d l e s s field of c h a n g e . T h e capacity for localized
e x p e r i e n c e t h r o u g h the m a c h i n e r y of the n e r v o u s system is a precious gift, provided
s u c h e x p e r i e n c e is not at the e x p e n s e of the u n d e r s t a n d i n g and e x p e r i e n c e of the
u n b o u n d e d w h o l e n e s s w h i c h is the true nature of the self. T h e j u x t a p o s i t i o n of dyna-
m i s m and silence, of c h a n g e and n o n c h a n g e , within the integrated structure of h u m a n
e x p e r i e n c e , is the natural state of life in e n l i g h t e n m e n t [9]. Silence w i t h o u t d y n a m i s m ,
or a t m a n w i t h o u t b u d d h i , is existence w i t h o u t intelligence—flat and inert. D y n a m i s m
w i t h o u t silence, or b u d d h i w i t h o u t a t m a n , is intelligence w i t h no stable existence, local-
ized and unstable. Both, together, constitute the true nature of c o n s c i o u s n e s s — e t e r n a l l y
existing, eternally creating.
T h e availability of this integrated structure of k n o w l ed g e and experience will have
a p r o f o u n d i m p a c t on q u a n t u m m e a s u r e m e n t and q u a n t u m c o s m o l o g y , for w h i c h a
c o n s i s t e n t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n h a s not b e e n a v a i l a b l e w i t h i n the f r a g m e n t e d s t r u c t u r e o f
ordinary waking experience.
VI. Unified Field Based Civilization
In this article, we h a v e presented a n e w u n d e r s t a n d i n g and l a n g u a g e of p h y s i c s based

directly on the unified field. We h a v e b a s e d this analysis on the m o s t recent d e v e l o p -
m e n t s in our u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the unified field provided by the superstring and on the
v e r y c o m p l e t e u n d e r s t a n d i n g and e x p e r i e n c e of the unified field p r o v i d e d by M a h a r i s h i
V e d i c S c i e n c e and its applied experiential technologies. Our analysis b e g a n w i t h a con-
sideration of the unified field itself, v i e w e d from its o w n level and in t e r m s of its o w n
intrinsic p r o p e r t i e s and b e h a v i o r . In Section IV, we e x t e n d e d this analysis to include a
s y s t e m a t i c investigation of its f u n d a m e n t a l m o d e s — t h e elementary particles and forces
of n a t u r e . U s i n g the latest, four-dimensional string formulation, we explicitly identified
all k n o w n particles and forces w i t h specific vibrational states of the field. We p r o p o s e d a
n e w , unified field-based l a n g u a g e and t e r m i n o l o g y in w h i c h the particles are n a m e d for
the specific vibrational states they c o r r e s p o n d to: periodic, antiperiodic, etc., revealing
their rightful place in the internal structure and d y n a m i c s of the unified field. By con-
n e c t i n g all aspects of p h y s i c s to their unified source in the unified field, the w h o l e of
p h y s i c s can be clearly seen in t e r m s of its sequential unfoldment from the unified field,
p r o v i d i n g a natural logic and organization to the entire discipline.
A l t h o u g h the l a b e l i n g o f t h e s e s t r i n g m o d e s w a s s o m e w h a t c u m b e r s o m e i n t h e
f r a m e w o r k p r o v i d e d b y the free-fermionic string formulation, w e found that M a h a r i -
shi V e d i c S c i e n c e p r o v i d e s a v e r y natural and c o m p a c t s y s t e m of n o m e n c l a t u r e in
w h i c h e v e r y e x p r e s s i o n of the unified field is n a m e d w i t h the actual s o u n d or v i b r a t i o n
of t h e field w h i c h that object c o r r e s p o n d s t o . T h e s e V e d i c n a m e s also p r o v i d e a p o w e r -
ful r e s e a r c h m e t h o d o l o g y w h e n applied, v i a the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m , at the appropriate,
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unified level of a w a r e n e s s w h e r e the c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n n a m e and form is lively.

T h e experiential technologies of V e d i c Science thereby provide k n o w l e d g e t h r o u g h direct
e x p e r i e n c e of the m o s t fundamental m e c h a n i c s of n a t u r e ' s functioning.
M a n y p h y s i c i s t s will, at first, v i e w the u s e of a subjective m e t h o d o l o g y and
a p p r o a c h t o k n o w l e d g e w i t h s k e p t i c i s m . T h i s i s b e c a u s e , historically, there h a s b e e n
n o s t a b l e , reliable b a s i s for subjective k n o w l e d g e . H o w e v e r t h e shift a w a y from t h e
p u r e l y o b j e c t i v e m e t h o d o l o g i e s of e l e m e n t a r y particle physics to incorporate m o r e s u b -
j e c t i v e a p p r o a c h e s is inevitable. A l r e a d y particle theorists are forced to rely increasingly
on their analytic and intuitive abilities as the principal focus of theoretical p h y s i c s has
shifted to the experimentally inaccessible d o m a i n s of grand unification and super-
unification. A c c o r d i n g to s o m e well-placed estimates, the practical life span of c o n c e i v a -
ble accelerator technologies is at m o s t o n e or t w o d e c a d e s .
T h e historical basis for rejecting a subjective approach is that there has b e e n no
stable foundation to c o n s c i o u s experience that could serve as a basis for reliable k n o w l -
e d g e . H o w e v e r the rediscovery, through V e d i c Science, of a stable g r o u n d state of con-
s c i o u s n e s s w h i c h is non-variable and completely universal p r o v i d e s a c o m m o n , stable
basis for subjective experience. K n o w l e d g e gained on this basis has b e e n found to be
reliable, repeatable, and open to verification at any time by a n y o n e w i t h appropriate
training in the relevant experiential p r o c e d u r e s [32,33]. T h e rediscovery of this stable
foundation to c o n s c i o u s experience thereby eliminates the historical g r o u n d s for reject-
ing a subjective approach to k n o w l e d g e . D u r i n g the past twenty years, a large b o d y of
p u b l i s h e d scientific evidence has g r o w n to support the efficacy and effectiveness of this
subjective a p p r o a c h [ 1 2 - 1 4 , 2 2 , 2 4 - 2 9 , A 1 - A 1 5 ] . To continue to resist this a p p r o a c h in
the face of this evidence simply b e c a u s e it stretches the prevailing w o r l d - v i e w m u s t be
r e g a r d e d as highly unscientific.
S c i e n c e is m e a n t to be beneficial to life. E v e r y step of p r o g r e s s in our scientific
u n d e r s t a n d i n g of natural law has found its practical application in a c o r r e s p o n d i n g level
o f t e c h n o l o g y : c h e m i c a l , e l e c t r o n i c , n u c l e a r , e t c . T h e s e practical t e c h n o l o g i e s h a v e
b r o u g h t great comfort and c o n v e n i e n c e to m a n y areas of life in society. H o w e v e r , the
t e c h n o l o g i c a l application of specific, isolated l a w s of nature based on a partial a n d frag-
m e n t e d u n d e r s t a n d i n g of natural law h a s resulted in p s y c h o l o g i c a l , sociological, and
e c o l o g i c a l i m b a l a n c e , and has e v e n threatened m a n k i n d w i t h annihilation. T h e c o n t i n -
u e d p r o g r e s s of society n o w d e m a n d s the practical utilization of a level of n a t u r e ' s func-
t i o n i n g w h i c h is at o n c e m o r e powerful and m o r e h o l i s t i c — a t e c h n o l o g y b a s e d on the
total p o t e n t i a l of natural law available in the unified field. T h e practical application of
this m o s t f u n d a m e n t a l and profound k n o w l e d g e of natural law has already d e m o n s t r a t e d
its c a p a c i t y to create a quality of life [ 2 2 , 2 4 - 2 9 ] and civilization [ A 1 - A 1 5 ] w h i c h w a s
not possible based upon prior levels of scientific knowledge.
T h r o u g h the k n o w l e d g e and t e c h n o l o g i e s of M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e , e v e r y aspect
of life b e c o m e s profoundly unified field-based: the m i n d , b o d y and b e h a v i o r r e m a i n p r o -
foundly c o n n e c t e d to their unified source in the unified field of p u r e , self-interacting
c o n s c i o u s n e s s . W i t h the elimination of pragya-aparadh, the physiological and n e u r o -
p h y s i o l o g i c a l functioning b e c o m e s integrated and balanced [24]. T h e i m m u n e s y s t e m
and other h o m e o s t a t i c m e c h a n i s m s b e c o m e s p o n t a n e o u s l y capable of resisting any
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p h y s i o l o g i c a l i m b a l a n c e or disorder, creating a natural state of health and w e l l - b e i n g

[ 2 2 ] . In contrast, m o d e r n m e d i c i n e , w h i c h relies on increasingly exotic and expensive
c u r e s , has led to a crisis in health care, w i t h spiraling m e d i c a l expenditures in the U . S .
of over $500 billion annually, of which an estimated $125 billion is wasted on
u n p r o v e n and/or ineffective treatments [ 3 4 ] . M a n y of these e x p e n s i v e and highly intru-
sive treatments, such as coronary b y p a s s surgery, h a v e no statistical effect on the future
history of the disease [35]. In addition, the p o i s o n o u s side effects of allopathic d r u g s are
often m o r e d a n g e r o u s and far-reaching than the diseases they are intended to cure [36].
T h e w i d e s p r e a d u s e o f s o m e o f these m e d i c i n e s , such a s antibiotics, has l e d t o the emer-
g e n c e of a w h o l e n e w generation of drug-resistant diseases, w h i c h thrive in highly sani-
tized hospital e n v i r o n m e n t s . Up to 3 6 % of hospitalized patients contract iatrogenic dis-
e a s e s (diseases c a u s e d by the side effects of m o d e r n m e d i c i n e ) , w h i c h h a v e b e e n s h o w n
to contribute to m a n y m o r e deaths than A I D S and other diseases at the forefront of p u b -
lic c o n c e r n [37]. M a h a r i s h i A y u r - V e d , w h i c h is based primarily on prevention and, w h e n
n e c e s s a r y , natural and effective c u r e s that are completely free of negative side effects
[ 2 2 ] , p r o v i d e s a m o r e h u m a n e and effective health care system, w h i c h is also affordable
for the m a n y countries for w h i c h allopathic m e d i c i n e is completely inaccessible.
In the field of education, M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e h a s given birth to a highly i n n o -
v a t i v e , integrated, and successful a p p r o a c h in w h i c h every aspect of every discipline is
p r o f o u n d l y linked to its unified source in the unified field. All a c a d e m i c disciplines h a v e
their ultimate origin in the d y n a m i c s of h u m a n c o n s c i o u s n e s s , and the s y s t e m a t i c under-
s t a n d i n g of the d y n a m i c s of intelligence p r o v i d e d by V e d i c Science thereby p r o v i d e s a
natural and m u c h - n e e d e d interdisciplinary foundation for education [38]. T h r o u g h the
introduction of unified field charts described in Section I, every aspect of each a c a d e m i c
discipline is clearly located w i t h i n the structure of the w h o l e discipline, and the entire
discipline is s h o w n sequentially e m e r g i n g from its unified source in the unified field—
i.e., t h e p u r e c o n s c i o u s n e s s of the artist, the pure intelligence of the m a t h e m a t i c i a n , or
the heterotic superstring in the l a n g u a g e of p h y s i c s . T h i s m e t h o d of presentation
a c h i e v e s its full significance w i t h the introduction of the T r a n s c e n d e n t a l M e d i t a t i o n and
T M - S i d h i programs, in w h i c h all streams of k n o w l e d g e are directly e x p e r i e n c e d as m o d e s
of o n e ' s o w n c o n s c i o u s n e s s . In this w a y , as students gain k n o w l e d g e of the different dis-
ciplines, they automatically a w a k e n m o r e and m o r e to the reality of the creative p o t e n -
tial of their o w n intelligence, realizing that all fields of k n o w l e d g e are just different
e x p r e s s i o n s of their o w n intelligence [ 3 8 ] . In addition, w h i l e the students are g a i n i n g
intellectual k n o w l e d g e of the l a w s of nature they are simultaneously g r o w i n g in the
ability to act s p o n t a n e o u s l y in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the l a w s of nature: i.e., to not m a k e
m i s t a k e s that create the g r o u n d for p r o b l e m s and suffering in their o w n lives or in the
life of society. T h i s quality of s p o n t a n e o u s right action [8] is the a u t o m a t i c result of a
p r o p e r l y functioning brain p h y s i o l o g y , in w h i c h the unified field of all the l a w s of
nature is fully lively in the c o n s c i o u s a w a r e n e s s [28]. T h i s integrated s y s t e m of e d u c a -
tion, w h i c h c o m b i n e s intellectual u n d e r s t a n d i n g of natural l a w w i t h the direct e x p e r i e n c e
of the m o s t fundamental d y n a m i c s of natural l a w in c o n s c i o u s n e s s , has b e e n s h o w n to
d e v e l o p the intelligence [26] and creativity [27] of the student, w h e r e a s c o n v e n t i o n a l
e d u c a t i o n h a s no impact on basic tests of intelligence or creativity.
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I n t h e field o f b e h a v i o r , M a h a r i s h i e x p l a i n s [8,9] that t h e d e v e l o p m e n t t h r o u g h V e d i c

S c i e n c e of a c o m p l e t e l y unified and u n i v e r s a l state of a w a r e n e s s s p o n t a n e o u s l y results in
a q u a l i t y of activity w h i c h is n o u r i s h i n g a n d life-supporting for the w h o l e e n v i r o n m e n t .
W h e n , t h r o u g h t h e e l i m i n a t i o n of pragya-aparadh, " a l l b e i n g s are s e e n in t h e Self a n d
t h e Self in all b e i n g s , " o n e b e h a v e s t o w a r d s oneself and o n e ' s e n v i r o n m e n t in a com
p l e t e l y h a r m o n i o u s a n d e v o l u t i o n a r y w a y . Short-sighted a n d harmful b e h a v i o r t o w a r d s
o t h e r s o r o n e ' s e n v i r o n m e n t i s highly u n n a t u r a l i n that e x p a n d e d state o f c o m p r e h e n s i o n .
In a s o c i o l o g i c a l setting, e x t e n s i v e r e s e a r c h h a s s h o w n that the collective p r a c t i c e of the
a d v a n c e d T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m p r o d u c e s a n influence o f h a r m o n y and c o h e r e n c e t h a t e x t e n d s
to s o c i e t y as a w h o l e [ А 1 - А 1 5 ] . T h e s e e x t e n d e d , field effects of c o n s c i o u s n e s s , k n o w n as
the Maharishi Effect, h a v e b e e n s h o w n to r e d u c e c r i m e , v i o l e n c e , hostility, a n d w a r in
r e c a l c i t r a n t a r e a s w h e r e political a n d n e g o t i a t e d s e t t l e m e n t s h a v e historically d e m o n s t r a t e d
t h e i r inability to do so.* T h e s e effects result from collective functioning at m o r e funda
m e n t a l a n d u n i v e r s a l levels of a w a r e n e s s , a n d t h u s far p r o v i d e the m o s t s p e c t a c u l a r exper
i m e n t a l c o n f i r m a t i o n o f t h e f u n d a m e n t a l identity b e t w e e n p u r e c o n s c i o u s n e s s a n d t h e uni
fied field, a n d of the k n o w l e d g e and a p p l i e d t e c h n o l o g i e s of M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science.
It is a f o r t u n a t e fact that the utilization of n a t u r a l l a w is often easier t h a n t h e intellec

t u a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f n a t u r a l law. T h e p r o f o u n d p r a c t i c a l benefits t o the i n d i v i d u a l a n d
s o c i e t y o f t h e k n o w l e d g e a n d t e c h n o l o g i e s o f V e d i c S c i e n c e are n o t g a i n e d o n t h e b a s i s
of i n t e l l e c t u a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g . It is t h e direct e x p e r i e n c e of m o r e unified a n d h o l i s t i c lev
e l s o f n a t u r a l l a w i n c o n s c i o u s n e s s w h i c h p r o d u c e s t h e d e s i r e d p h y s i o l o g i c a l , psycholog
ical a n d s o c i o l o g i c a l c h a n g e s . T h e s e p r a c t i c a l benefits arise l o n g before a d e t a i l e d intel
l e c t u a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the s t r u c t u r e a n d d y n a m i c s of t h e unified field is g a i n e d t h r o u g h
s u c h e x p e r i e n c e . V e r y q u i c k l y , t h e b r a i n p h y s i o l o g y b e c o m e s a c c u s t o m e d t o maintain
i n g p u r e c o n s c i o u s n e s s , a n d a m o r e i n t e g r a t e d a n d b a l a n c e d state o f n e u r o p h y s i o l o g i c a l
functioning is permanently sustained [24]. T h e restoration of physiological balance and
efficiency, improved health and resistance to disease, and harmonious and life-
s u p p o r t i n g s o c i a l b e h a v i o r are t h e s p o n t a n e o u s r e s u l t s o f t h i s direct e x p e r i e n c e and its
associated physiological correlates [24-29].
T h u s , t h e intellectual u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f n a t u r a l l a w i s q u i t e distinct f r o m t h e spontane
o u s u t i l i z a t i o n of n a t u r a l l a w in d a i l y l i v i n g . In p a r t i c u l a r , t h e f o r m e r is n o t a pre
r e q u i s i t e for t h e latter. In t h e s p o n t a n e o u s m e c h a n i c s of d e s i r i n g , for e x a m p l e , a s i m p l e
mental impulse automatically activates dozens, if not hundreds, of laws of nature.
T h r o u g h t h e d e s i r e t o o p e n a w i n d o w , for e x a m p l e , t h e m u s c l e s m o v e a n d t h e b o d y rises
a n d w a l k s t o w a r d t h e w i n d o w , g u i d e d b y t h e s e n s e o f sight a n d t o u c h . E v e n a c h i l d w i t h
n o i n t e l l e c t u a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f the l a w s o f n a t u r e k n o w s h o w t o rise a n d m o v e t h r o u g h
t h i s s i m p l e a n d s p o n t a n e o u s m e c h a n i c s o f d e s i r i n g . T h i s n a t u r a l ability t o utilize n a t u r a l
l a w s p o n t a n e o u s l y i s built i n t o the h a r d w a r e o f t h e h u m a n b r a i n p h y s i o l o g y . T h e think
ing process has therefore been c o m p a r e d to an automated switchboard, spontaneously
a c t i v a t i n g a n d o r g a n i z i n g t h e l a w s of n a t u r e in a c o o r d i n a t e d w a y for t h e fulfillment of
a n y specific d e s i r e .
Maharishi explains that the range of natural law w h i c h is spontaneously utilized by
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the m i n d d e p e n d s on the natural range of o n e ' s c o m p r e h e n s i o n — t h e degree of alertness

at m o r e fundamental levels of n a t u r e ' s functioning [8]. D e s i r i n g from the transcendental
level, the level of the unified field, s p o n t a n e o u s l y m a k e s use of the entire range of natu-
ral law [9]. D u r i n g the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m , for e x a m p l e , an impulse of thought p r o -
j e c t e d from the unified field of p u r e , self-interacting c o n s c i o u s n e s s m o b i l i z e s the total
potential of natural law, a c c o m p l i s h i n g the desired result with m a x i m u m efficiency and
the least e x p e n d i t u r e of energy [4]. W h e n individual a w a r e n e s s functions from the s a m e ,
unified and holistic level from w h i c h nature c o n d u c t s the evolution of the entire uni-
v e r s e , the fulfillment of desire b e c o m e s a s p o n t a n e o u s and inevitable p h e n o m e n o n [9].
T h i s s p o n t a n e o u s ability to use natural l a w in a coordinated m a n n e r is already p r o -
g r a m m e d into the h a r d w a r e of the h u m a n brain physiology. Its utilization simply
d e p e n d s on the range of natural law that is lively in the a w a r e n e s s .
T h e s p o n t a n e o u s use of natural law to enrich all aspects of life in society is therefore
easier, as well as m o r e important, than intellectual understanding of natural l a w . It is
not, after all, the intellectual u n d e r s t a n d i n g of natural law that m a k e s natural l a w a liv-
ing reality in daily life. It is the e x p a n s i o n of the conscious awareness to incorporate
m o r e profound and unified levels of natural law by taking the a w a r e n e s s repeatedly to
m o r e fundamental and universal levels of consciousness that m a k e s natural l a w a living
reality. T h e r e will continue to evolve i n n u m e r a b l e theories of natural l a w and the unified
field put forth by all the a c a d e m i c disciplines as they gain an understanding and apprecia-
tion of their unified source in the unified field, w h i c h forms the ultimate origin and foun-
dation of every discipline. E v e n within the discipline of physics, there will be m a n y dif-
ferent formulations of the unified field, e.g., vibrating strings in 26, 10 or fewer
s p a c e t i m e d i m e n s i o n s , 1 + 1 dimensional conformal field theories, piadic n u m b e r s , etc.
All of these different v i e w p o i n t s are correct, and merely provide different, c o m p l e m e n t a r y
v i e w p o i n t s of the s a m e , basic underlying reality. There is no harm in this intellectual
inquiry, p r o v i d e d it does not preclude the direct utilization and practical application of the
unified field n o w , while the fully developed, applied technologies of the unified field are
available t h r o u g h Maharishi V e d i c S c i e n c e . W i t h o u t this simple, practical t e c h n o l o g y
to utilize the unified field spontaneously on the level of o n e ' s conscious a w a r e n e s s , this
m o s t c o m p l e t e and profound k n o w l e d g e of natural law w o u l d remain divorced from p r a c -
tical life and living, and even the scientists w o u l d remain intellectual w i t n e s s e s to the
reality of the unified field. It is this s p o n t a n e o u s and direct utilization of the unified field
to enrich all aspects of life w h i c h will m a k e civilization unified field-based.
T h i s s p o n t a n e o u s and direct practical application of the unified field to enrich all
a s p e c t s of life contrasts w i t h the p r e v i o u s application, t h r o u g h t e c h n o l o g y , of specific,
isolated l a w s of nature based on the intellectual u n d e r s t a n d i n g of those l a w s . It w a s this
scientific u n d e r s t a n d i n g of specific l a w s of nature and their t e c h n o l o g i c a l application
w h i c h laid the foundation for the industrial revolution, in w h i c h m o r e and m o r e rapid
d e v e l o p m e n t b e c a m e p o s s i b l e t h r o u g h t h e u s e o f increasingly sophisticated m a c h i n e s
and t e c h n o l o g i e s . T h e industrial r e v o l u t i o n has, h o w e v e r , led to a highly m a c h i n e -
d e p e n d e n t civilization, to a d e g r e e that h a s r o b b e d life of s o m e of its natural self-
sufficiency and dignity. In contrast, the v e r y c o m p l e t e science and practical t e c h n o l o -
gies of the unified field m a d e possible t h r o u g h the subjective a p p r o a c h of M a h a r i s h i
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V e d i c S c i e n c e a l l o w s the s p o n t a n e o u s utilization of the total potential of natural l a w to

e n r i c h all a s p e c t s of life in a c o m p l e t e l y b a l a n c e d and holistic w a y , and p r o v i d e s the
m e a n s to a c c o m p l i s h a n y t h i n g t h r o u g h the simple and s p o n t a n e o u s m e c h a n i c s of desir-
i n g [ 7 , 8 ] . T h i s s u p r e m e level of fulfillment and self-sufficiency b a s e d on the s p o n t a n e -
o u s utilization of the total potential of natural law, as o p p o s e d to the t e c h n o l o g i c a l
a p p l i c a t i o n of specific, isolated l a w s of nature, lays the foundation for a post-industrial
r e v o l u t i o n to a unified field-based c i v i l i z a t i o n — a civilization b a s e d on the c o m p l e t e
k n o w l e d g e and practical application of the unified field of all the l a w s of nature. T h e
practical applications of this c o m p l e t e science and t e c h n o l o g y of the unified field to
health [ 2 2 ] , e d u c a t i o n [ 2 6 - 2 9 ] , rehabilitation [39] and w o r l d p e a c e [ A 1 - A 1 5 ] h a v e
a l r e a d y d e m o n s t r a t e d their capacity to p r o d u c e a quality of life and civilization w h i c h is
far b e y o n d that w h i c h is attainable t h r o u g h the objective a p p r o a c h of m o d e r n science
a l o n e . To resist s u c h an a p p r o a c h d u e to its subjective m e t h o d o l o g y is therefore not
o n l y unscientific, but i n h u m a n e .
Fortunately, the empirical approach of m o d e r n science is w e l l equipped to distinguish
b e t w e e n fact and fancy, and to evaluate objectively the effectiveness of any a p p r o a c h
t h r o u g h its o w n empirical m e a n s of investigation. O n e is therefore optimistic that, in
t i m e , m o r e and m o r e scientists will be d r a w n to investigate this subjective a p p r o a c h of
V e d i c S c i e n c e and the profound k n o w l e d g e and practical technologies it p r o v i d e s . W i t h
the c o m p l e t e k n o w l e d g e of the unified field and its self-interacting d y n a m i c s p r o v i d e d by
Maharishi V e d i c Science, m o d e r n p h y s i c s will achieve a level of fulfillment that is
u n a t t a i n a b l e t h r o u g h its present, limited objective m e t h o d o l o g i e s . In the p r o c e s s it will
raise the quality of life in society to a level of dignity and s u p r e m e fulfillment that is
u n p a r a l l e d in the annals of recorded h i s t o r y — a unified field-based civilization enjoying
H e a v e n on Earth.
Acknowledgements
I w o u l d like to e x p r e s s my sincere gratitude to Maharishi M a h e s h Y o g i for the u n d e r -

s t a n d i n g and e x p e r i e n c e w h i c h led to this w o r k . E v e r y t h i n g I k n o w about c o n s c i o u s n e s s
and its self-interacting d y n a m i c s , and about V e d i c Science, is d u e directly to M a h a r i s h i
or to the experiential technologies of his V e d i c S c i e n c e .
I w o u l d also like to thank C. B e c h , J. D a v i e s , M. Dillbeck, T. E g e n e s , A. H a n k e y ,
R. Ticciati and G. W e l l s for valuable discussions. T h i s w o r k w a s supported in part by a
p r i v a t e grant from J o h n Lloyd.
Appendix A:
Field Effects of C o n s c i o u s n e s s
At present, the m o s t striking empirical e v i d e n c e in support of a unified field-theoretic

description of c o n s c i o u s n e s s is the M a h a r i s h i Effect, w h i c h refers to e x t e n d e d field
effects of c o n s c i o u s n e s s p r o d u c e d by the collective practice of the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m .
O v e r thirty c o n s e c u t i v e studies provide powerful e v i d e n c e that the g r o u p practice of the
T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m by as few as the square root of o n e percent of a population c a n reduce
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political violence, crime, and other manifestations of societal incoherence. T h e s e studies

e m p l o y standard sociological m e a s u r e s to assess the influence of g r o u p s of experts col-
lectively practicing the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m on a s u r r o u n d i n g population.
Historical Development
In 1960, Maharishi predicted that one percent of a population practicing the TM tech-
nique w o u l d produce measurable i m p r o v e m e n t s in the quality of life for the w h o l e popula-
tion. T h e first study designed to test this prediction [ A l ] analyzed crime rate c h a n g e in 22
U . S . cities (population > 25,000) from 1 9 7 2 - 1 9 7 3 . Crime rates decreased in the 11 cities
w i t h one percent of the population practicing the TM technique, while crime rates in the
m a t c h e d control cities continued to rise. A more extensive study [A2] analyzed crime rate
trends in 48 U . S . cities (population > 10,000) over the e l e v e n - y e a r period from 1 9 6 7 -
1 9 7 7 . T h i s included all independent cities in this population range with one percent of the
population instructed in the TM p r o g r a m . Crime rates decreased significantly in the 24
" o n e p e r c e n t " cities c o m p a r e d with their o w n previous trends and c o m p a r e d with 24
m a t c h e d control cities over the same period. Subsequent replications have analyzed crime
rate trends in 160 cities and 80 metropolitan areas in the U . S . using increasingly powerful
design and analysis techniques [ A 2 ] , and have further demonstrated M a h a r i s h i ' s prediction
that participation in the TM p r o g r a m w o u l d lead to a reduction in crime rate trends.
W i t h the introduction of the m o r e a d v a n c e d T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m in 1976, M a h a r i s h i
anticipated a m o r e powerful influence of coherence in the collective c o n s c i o u s n e s s of
society. He s u b s e q u e n t l y predicted that the g r o u p practice of the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m by
as few as the s q u a r e root of o n e percent of a population w o u l d have a d e m o n s t r a b l e effect
on standard sociological measures.*
T h e relatively small n u m b e r of participants practicing the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m pre-
dicted to g e n e r a t e this effect of societal c o h e r e n c e has m a d e it possible for m a n y direct
e x p e r i m e n t a l studies to be performed, in w h i c h the necessary n u m b e r of participants
c o m e together on c o u r s e s in various locations for periods of time r a n g i n g from o n e
w e e k to several m o n t h s . M o s t of these studies, including research at the metropolitan,
state, national and international scales, h a v e used time series analysis to reliably esti-
m a t e e x p e r i m e n t a l effects independent of cycles and trends in time series data. T h i s type
of research design, called an e x p e r i m e n t a l intervention study, constitutes a u n i q u e and
r i g o r o u s a p p r o a c h for the social sciences.
T i m e Series Analysis
T h e effects of the TM and T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m s on quality of life indices are usually
assessed w i t h time series analysis using the autoregressive integrated m o v i n g average
( A R I M A ) a p p r o a c h of B o x and J e n k i n s [ A 3 ] . (A t i m e series is a s e q u e n c e of equally-
s p a c e d m e a s u r e s on s o m e variable, e.g., m o n t h l y c r i m e rate.) T h i s m e t h o d o l o g y has
b e c o m e the standard for rigorously estimating the effects of an outside intervention on a
t i m e series or for empirically d e t e r m i n i n g the form of causal relationship b e t w e e n t w o
* This prediction is based on a field-theoretic model which assumes a coherent superposition of amplitudes,
such that the intensity of the effect generated is proportional to the square of the number of participants.
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c o n t i n u o u s t i m e series [ А 4 ] . T i m e series " i n t e r v e n t i o n a n a l y s i s " i s u s e d t o assess effects

o f h y p o t h e s i z e d influences d u r i n g specific t i m e p e r i o d s (e.g., w h e n t h e n u m b e r o f T M -
S i d h i p a r t i c i p a n t s e x c e e d s a certain critical t h r e s h o l d ) . T i m e series " t r a n s f e r function
a n a l y s i s " is u s e d to m o d e l the i n p u t - o u t p u t r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n a c o n t i n u o u s indepen
d e n t e x o g e n o u s va r i a b l e (e.g., t h e daily n u m b e r o f T M - S i d h i p a r t i c i p a n t s ) a n d t h e depen
d e n t o r e n d o g e n o u s va r i a b l e ( a social i n d i c a t o r s u c h a s c r i m e r a t e ) .
W i t h b o t h m e t h o d s , t h e t i m e series a p p r o a c h c o n t r o l s for any serial d e p e n d e n c e o f
o b s e r v a t i o n s , t r e n d s , o r s e a s o n a l c y c l e s i n t h e d a t a o v e r t i m e b y i n c l u d i n g t h e s e influ
e n c e s in a " n o i s e m o d e l " of t h e series [ А 4 ] . T h a t is, as part of t h e t i m e s e r i e s a n a l y s i s
a m a t h e m a t i c a l m o d e l of t h e t i m e - d e p e n d e n t r e g u l a r i t i e s in t h e e n d o g e n o u s s e r i e s is
c o n s t r u c t e d , a n d this m o d e l will a c c o u n t for, and therefore c o n t r o l for, p a t t e r n s in t h e
e n d o g e n o u s t i m e series that c a n b e p r e d i c t e d from its o w n past history. T h e n o i s e
m o d e l t h u s s e r v e s e s s e n t i a l l y as a " n u l l h y p o t h e s i s " for effects of t h e e x o g e n o u s varia
b l e . * A n y i n t e r v e n t i o n effects o r transfer function effects o n t h e e n d o g e n o u s v a r i a b l e
i n d i c a t e effects of t h e i n d e p e n d e n t v a r i a b l e that c a n n o t be p r e d i c t e d either f r o m t h e pre
v i o u s history o f t h e s e r i e s o r from any u n m e a s u r e d c o n t i n u o u s v a r i a b l e s that m a y b e
p a r t i a l l y d e t e r m i n i n g t h e e n d o g e n o u s v a r i a b l e . T h e s e t i m e series m e t h o d s h a v e p r o v e n
t o b e ideal for a s s e s s i n g t h e effects o f t h e g r o u p p r a c t i c e o f t h e T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m
u p o n sociological indicators.
Recent Intervention Studies

W i t h i n t h e past few years, there h a v e b e e n a n i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r o f e x p e r i m e n t a l
s t u d i e s u s i n g t i m e series i n t e r v e n t i o n a n d transfer function analysis to assess t h e effects
of t h e g r o u p p r a c t i c e of t h e T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m at t h e m e t r o p o l i t a n , state, n a t i o n a l and
i n t e r n a t i o n a l scales.
At t h e m e t r o p o l i t a n and state levels, time series intervention studies found r e d u c e d
c r i m e in M e t r o M a n i l a , Philippines, in N e w D e l h i , India, and in P u e r t o R i c o d u r i n g peri
o d s in w h i c h large g r o u p s h a d assembled for conferences involving twice daily p r a c t i c e of
t h e T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m [ А 5 ] . T i m e series transfer function analysis similarly found a
r e d u c t i o n in violent c r i m e in W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , in w e e k s following an inc rease in t h e
s i z e of a p e r m a n e n t g r o u p of T M - S i d h i participants [ А 6 ] . O t h e r intervention s t u d i e s in
M e t r o M a n i l a and i n R h o d e I s l a n d f o u n d i m p r o v e m e n t s i n holistic i n d i c e s o f t h e quality
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of life c o m p o s e d of available m o n t h l y social i n d i c a t o r s d u r i n g p e r i o d s of a s s e m b l i e s of

large groups of TM-Sidhi participants [А5].
T h e m o s t w e l l - d o c u m e n t e d a n a l y s e s a t t h e n a t i o n a l level h a v e b e e n i n t h e U . S . ,
w h e r e a p e r m a n e n t large g r o u p of p a r t i c i p a n t s in the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m h a s b e e n estab
lished a t M a h a r i s h i I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i v e r s i t y ( M I U ) . T h e size o f this g r o u p h a s e x c e e d e d
the s q u a r e root of o n e p e r c e n t of the U . S . p o p u l a t i o n on a r e g u l a r b a s i s since 1 9 8 2 . An
a n a l y s i s of a n n u a l c h a n g e s in a quality of life i n d e x c o m p r i s i n g 11 major v a r i a b l e s
s h o w e d a significant i m p r o v e m e n t c o r r e l a t e d w i t h t h e size of t h e g r o u p of T M - S i d h i
p a r t i c i p a n t s [ А 7 ] . M o r e d e t a i l e d a n a l y s e s o f the U . S . quality o f life u s i n g t i m e series
i n t e r v e n t i o n a n d transfer function a n a l y s i s d u r i n g 1 9 7 9 - 1 9 8 5 f o u n d r e d u c e d w e e k l y
fatalities d u e t o v i o l e n c e ( h o m i c i d e s , s u i c i d e s , and m o t o r v e h i c l e a c c i d e n t s ) o n w e e k s
i m m e d i a t e l y after t h e size o f t h e M I U T M - S i d h i g r o u p e x c e e d e d t h e s q u a r e r o o t o f o n e
p e r c e n t o f t h e U . S . p o p u l a t i o n [ А 8 ] . T h i s a n a l y s i s s h o w e d that t w o - t h i r d s o f t h e
o b s e r v e d d e c r e a s e in U . S . v i o l e n t fatalities from 1 9 7 9 to 1985 c o u l d be directly attrib
u t e d t o t h e g r o u p p r a c t i c e o f t h e T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m . R e d u c e d v i o l e n t d e a t h s w e r e also
f o u n d i n C a n a d a w h e n t h e size o f t h e M I U g r o u p e x c e e d e d the s q u a r e root o f o n e p e r c e n t
o f t h e c o m b i n e d p o p u l a t i o n s o f t h e U . S . a n d C a n a d a [ А 9 ] . I n a d d i t i o n , t i m e series inter
v e n t i o n a n a l y s i s o f m o n t h l y U . S . a n d C a n a d i a n e c o n o m i c t r e n d s ( a " m i s e r y " i n d e x com
b i n i n g inflation a n d u n e m p l o y m e n t ) s h o w e d i m p r o v e d e c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s i n m o n t h s
i m m e d i a t e l y after t h e n u m b e r o f p a r t i c i p a n t s e x c e e d e d t h e r e q u i r e d n u m b e r ( 1 6 0 0 ) for t h e
population of the U.S. and Canada [А10].
T h e r e have been three assemblies in which the number of TM-Sidhi participants
a p p r o a c h e d o r e x c e e d e d the s q u a r e root o f o n e p e r c e n t o f the w o r l d ' s p o p u l a t i o n — a b o u t
7 0 0 0 i n d i v i d u a l s . D u r i n g e a c h of these a s s e m b l i e s , there w a s a significant r e d u c t i o n of
i n t e r n a t i o n a l conflict, as i n d i c a t e d by t i m e series i n t e r v e n t i o n a n a l y s i s of n e w s e v e n t s
[ A l l ] . T h e t i m e series o f n e w s e v e n t s w a s c r e a t e d from c o n t e n t a n a l y s i s (rating o f n e w s
i t e m s ) o f m a j o r n e w s p a p e r s b y raters w h o w e r e u n a w a r e o f the d a t e s o f t h e n e w s i t e m s
b e i n g rated. T i m e series a n a l y s i s also i n d i c a t e d a significant r e d u c t i o n in fatalities and
injuries d u e t o t e r r o r i s m d u r i n g and i m m e d i a t e l y after t h e p e r i o d o f t h e s e a s s e m b l i e s ;
data on terrorism w a s collected by an independent agency [ A l l ] .
R e d u c t i o n o f V i o l e n c e i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t t h r o u g h t h e M a h a r i s h i Effect
O n e e s p e c i a l l y critical e x p e r i m e n t a l test o f t h e h y p o t h e s i s that t h e g r o u p p r a c t i c e o f
t h e T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m by t h e s q u a r e root of o n e p e r c e n t of a p o p u l a t i o n w o u l d posi
tively affect s o c i o l o g i c a l m e a s u r e s w a s c o n d u c t e d in Israel in A u g u s t and S e p t e m b e r of
1 9 8 3 [ А 1 2 ] . B a s e d o n t h e results o f p r e v i o u s e x p e r i m e n t s , the r e s e a r c h h y p o t h e s e s and
t h e specific m e a s u r e s t o b e u s e d i n the s t u d y w e r e l o d g e d i n a d v a n c e o f the e x p e r i m e n t
w i t h an i n d e p e n d e n t r e v i e w b o a r d of scientists in the U . S . and Israel.
I t w a s p r e d i c t e d that g r o u p p r a c t i c e o f the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m i n J e r u s a l e m w o u l d
r e d u c e stress i n t h e c o l l e c t i v e c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f Israel and L e b a n o n . B o x - J e n k i n s A R I M A
i n t e r v e n t i o n , c r o s s c o r r e l a t i o n , a n d transfer function a n a l y s e s w e r e u s e d t o s t u d y t h e
effects of c h a n g e s in t h e size of t h e g r o u p on several v a r i a b l e s and c o m p o s i t e indices
reflecting t h e quality of life in J e r u s a l e m a n d Israel, and also t h e w a r in L e b a n o n .
F i g u r e 5 s h o w s a s t r i k i n g c o v a r i a t i o n b e t w e e n the size of the g r o u p of T M - S i d h i par
t i c i p a n t s ( d o t t e d line) and a c o m p o s i t e i n d e x of quality of life that w a s the a r i t h m e t i c
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Figure 5. This figure illustrates the covariation between the number of TM-Sidhi participants
(dashes) and a composite index of quality of life in a study conducted in Israel during August
and September of 1983. The composite index was the arithmetic average of standardized
scores for crime rate, traffic accidents, fires, stock market, national mood, and the number of
war deaths as a measure of war intensity in Lebanon. The sociological parameters employed
in this study were lodged in advance of the experiment with an independent review board of
scientists in the United States and Israel. (Figure courtesy of D. Orme-Johnson.)
a v e r a g e of s t a n d a r d i z e d s c o r e s for c r i m e rate, traffic a c c i d e n t s , fires, stock m a r k e t ,

n a t i o n a l m o o d , a n d the n u m b e r of w a r d e a t h s as a m e a s u r e of w a r intensity in L e b a n o n .
I n c r e a s e s in t h e size of t h e g r o u p h a d a s t a t i s t i c a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t effect on t h e indi
v i d u a l v a r i a b l e s a n d o n t h e c o m p o s i t e quality-of-life i n d e x . C r o s s c o r r e l a t i o n s a n d
transfer functions indicated that the group had a leading relationship to change on the
quality-of-life i n d i c a t o r s , s u p p o r t i n g a c a u s a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n . T h e r e w a s a 3 4 % reduc
t i o n i n w a r i n t e n s i t y a n d a 7 6 % r e d u c t i o n i n w a r d e a t h s d u r i n g p e r i o d s o f h i g h num
b e r s o f T M - S i d h i p a r t i c i p a n t s . T i m e s e r i e s a n a l y s i s d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t t h e effect c o u l d
n o t b e a t t r i b u t e d t o s e a s o n a l i t y ( s u c h a s w e e k e n d effects o r h o l i d a y s ) o r t o c h a n g e s i n
temperature.
T h e h y p o t h e s i s that t h e influence o c c u r s on a f u n d a m e n t a l a n d holistic level of n a t u r e
is s u p p o r t e d by t h e fact that t h e a r i t h m e t i c a v e r a g e of the different m e a s u r e s p r o d u c e d t h e
clearest results a n d by t h e o b s e r v a t i o n that the different s o c i o l o g i c a l m e a s u r e s t e n d e d to
c h a n g e i n d e p e n d e n t l y o f e a c h o t h e r w h e n t h e g r o u p size w a s small, b u t all c h a n g e d
c o h e r e n t l y in a p o s i t i v e d i r e c t i o n as the g r o u p size w a s i n c r e a s e d .
A s u b s e q u e n t s t u d y ( F i g u r e 6) assessed the i m p a c t on t h e L e b a n o n w a r of t h r e e suc
cessive a s s e m b l i e s in w h i c h large g r o u p s p r a c t i c e d t h e T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m d u r i n g a six-
m o n t h p e r i o d from N o v e m b e r 1 3 , 1 9 8 3 t o M a y 18, 1 9 8 4 [ А 1 3 ] . T h e a s s e m b l i e s w e r e
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Figure 6. During the six-month period from November 13, 1983 to May 18, 1984 a measure
of war intensity in Lebanon was most positive during three assemblies in which the number
of TM-Sidhi participants exceeded the predicted thresholds required for an influence on the
war. Time series analysis indicates significantly greater progress towards peaceful resolution
of the conflict during these assemblies than would have been predicted from the prior history
of the Lebanon war (p <. 00005). The particularly large effect coincident with the Lebanon
assembly held in the immediate vicinity of the conflict suggests the importance of proximity
in the generation of societal coherence. (Figure courtesy of C.N. Alexander.)
h e l d i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , L e b a n o n a n d Y u g o s l a v i a , and w e r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y t w o
weeks long.
T h e authors used a time series intervention analysis of the Lebanon war to c o m -
p a r e l e v e l s o f conflict d u r i n g t h e d a y s o n w h i c h the a s s e m b l i e s o c c u r r e d c o m p a r e d t o
the b a s e l i n e p e r i o d w h i c h c o n s i s t e d o f all other d a y s d u r i n g the s i x - m o n t h p e r i o d o f
t h e s t u d y . T h e l e v e l of t h e conflict w a s m e a s u r e d by three i n d i c e s : daily l e v e l s of a
P e a c e / W a r Index [A14] of events reported in major L e b a n o n newspapers, daily
r e p o r t e d w a r d e a t h s , a n d daily injuries d u e t o the w a r . T h e s c o r i n g w a s p e r f o r m e d b y
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of t h e different factions i n v o l v e d in the conflict, a n d inter-rater relia-
bility w a s high.
A s predicted i n a d v a n c e , the P e a c e / W a r Index s h o w e d that prevailing negative c o n d i -
tions w e r e abruptly reversed, and greater p r o g r e s s t o w a r d s peaceful resolution of the L e b -
a n o n conflict w a s o b s e r v e d than w o u l d h a v e b e e n expected b a s e d o n the prior s i x - m o n t h
history of the w a r (p < . 0 0 0 0 5 ) . W a r d e a t h s fell by 5 5 % , from a m e a n of 6.5 per day
d u r i n g the b a s e l i n e to a m e a n of 2.9 per day during the three a s s e m b l i e s (p < .0005).
W a r injuries fell by 3 8 % , from a m e a n of 2 0 . 6 per day during the baseline to a m e a n of
12.7 p e r d a y d u r i n g the a s s e m b l i e s .
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s o c i o l o g i c a l p a r a d i g m . I n s u c h c i r c u m s t a n c e s , i t i s v i t a l t h a t l e a d i n g p h y s i c i s t s , psy
c h o l o g i s t s and other scholars carefully assess the impact of these findings on our
u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e n a t u r a l u n i v e r s e . O n e s u c h a n a l y s i s i s p r e s e n t e d i n ref. [11],
w h e r e it is argued that these results are consistent with the current f r a m e w o r k of
u n i f i e d q u a n t u m field t h e o r i e s , b u t r e q u i r e a n e x p a n d e d p h y s i c a l f r a m e w o r k for o u r
u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s . F o r c o m p l e t e n e s s , w e w i l l briefly r e v i e w t h e m a i n
e l e m e n t s of that analysis here.
A l t h o u g h i t w o u l d b e m o r e a c c u r a t e t o s a y t h a t t h e M a h a r i s h i Effect d a t a consti
t u t e s e v i d e n c e for a n " a c t i o n a t a d i s t a n c e " w i t h r e s p e c t t o c o n s c i o u s n e s s r a t h e r t h a n
a " f i e l d e f f e c t " per se, p h y s i c s h a s h i s t o r i c a l l y c o m e to a s s o c i a t e a c t i o n at a d i s t a n c e
w i t h field p h e n o m e n a . T h e o b s e r v e d a t t e n u a t i o n o f t h e effect w i t h d i s t a n c e (i.e., t h e
fact t h a t a r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l g r o u p in L e b a n o n p r o d u c e d an effect c o m p a r a b l e to a
g r o u p of over 7000 halfway around the globe) would support such a field-theoretic
i n t e r p r e t a t i o n . T h e q u a d r a t i c d e p e n d e n c e o f t h e i n t e n s i t y o f t h e effect u p o n t h e s i z e
o f t h e c o h e r e n c e - c r e a t i n g g r o u p i s a l s o c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f a field p h e n o m e n o n i n w h i c h
the radiators are o p e r a t i n g coherently. M o r e specifically, the coherent superposition
of amplitudes required to produce such an intense constructive interference suggests
t h e b e h a v i o r of a b o s e field.
H o w e v e r , t h e r e are c e r t a i n features of t h e M a h a r i s h i Effect that are not easily under

s t o o d on t h e b a s i s of a c o n v e n t i o n a l field. T h e m a i n difficulty w i t h a s i m p l e field-
t h e o r e t i c m o d e l i s i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e o b s e r v e d d a t a o n t h e b a s i s o f any o f the k n o w n
fields. T h e o n l y k n o w n c a n d i d a t e s for s u c h l o n g - r a n g e i n t e r a c t i o n s are e l e c t r o m a g n e -
t i s m a n d g r a v i t y . A n y c o n v e n t i o n a l g r a v i t a t i o n a l i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n i n d i v i d u a l s i s pre
s u m a b l y o r d e r s of m a g n i t u d e t o o w e a k . * M o r e o v e r , it is g e n e r a l l y a g r e e d that t h e elec
t r o m a g n e t i c i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n i n d i v i d u a l s w o u l d also b e t o o w e a k t o give r i s e t o a n y
significant effects. T h i s c o n c l u s i o n i s p r o b a b l y r e a s o n a b l e d e s p i t e n e w e v i d e n c e that t h e
p h y s i o l o g y m a y b e sensitive t o e n v i r o n m e n t a l A C electric fields six t o s e v e n o r d e r s o f
m a g n i t u d e w e a k e r t h a n h a d b e e n p r e v i o u s l y c o n s i d e r e d p o s s i b l e [ А 1 8 ] . I n fact, t h e
brain appears to be particularly sensitive to E E G - m o d u l a t e d microwave radiation in the
0 . 5 - 1 0 g i g a h e r t z r a n g e , offering a p o t e n t i a l m e c h a n i s m for E E G c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d
e n t r a i n m e n t . I t h a s b e e n s h o w n b y T o u r e n n e [ A 1 9 ] that certain cellular s t r u c t u r e s w i t h i n
t h e c o r t e x that s u p p o r t the p r o p a g a t i o n o f e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c s o l i t o n s c o u l d p r o v i d e h i g h l y
efficient r a d i a t o r s o f m i c r o w a v e r a d i a t i o n , w h i c h w o u l d p r e s u m a b l y b e m o d u l a t e d i n
the E E G band.
W h i l e w e t h e r e f o r e feel i t i s e s s e n t i a l t o p u r s u e p o s s i b l e e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c m e c h a
n i s m s for t h e M a h a r i s h i Effect, t h e s e m e c h a n i s m s a t p r e s e n t a p p e a r u n a b l e t o a c c o u n t
for t h e o b s e r v e d p h e n o m e n o l o g y . ( M o r e o v e r , t h e r e w a s n o e v i d e n c e o f a t t e n u a t i o n i n
an instance w h e r e the c o h e r e n c e creating g r o u p w a s electromagnetically shielded by a
metallic enclosure [ A l l ] . )
* This also holds true for possible spin-1 forces that interact with gravitational strength, such as a proposed
"fifth force" or the gauge bosons associated with a hidden sector. (The latter would probably operate only at
short distances anyway due to confinement effects.) The same is presumably true of other weakly-
interacting bosons that have escaped detection in particle physics experiments.
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unconventional m e c h a n i s m involving n e w physics is obviously needed. Since there
are n o o t h e r l o n g - r a n g e f o r c e s o f e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c o r c o m p a r a b l e s t r e n g t h , o n e i s led
t o c o n s i d e r a l t e r n a t i v e t h e o r e t i c a l f r a m e w o r k s that c o u l d serve t o b r i d g e t h e substan
tial d i s t a n c e f a c t o r s i n v o l v e d . O n e s u c h f r a m e w o r k i s s u g g e s t e d b y t h e s t r u c t u r e o f
spacetime geometry at the scale of super-unification—the proposed d o m a i n of pure
consciousness.
A l t h o u g h w e d o n o t c u r r e n t l y p o s s e s s t h e c a l c u l a t i o n a l tools n e e d e d t o u n f o l d the
full d y n a m i c s of q u a n t u m gravity, t h e r e are several i n d i c a t i o n s that the local 3 + 1
d i m e n s i o n a l s t r u c t u r e o f c l a s s i c a l s p a c e t i m e g e o m e t r y o b s e r v e d a t e n e r g i e s far b e l o w
t h e P l a n c k scale m a y p r o v i d e a totally i n a p p r o p r i a t e f r a m e w o r k for p h y s i c s at the scale
of s u p e r - u n i f i c a t i o n . In particular, t o p o l o g i c a l effects in q u a n t u m gravity c o u l d lead to
i n h e r e n t l y n o n - l o c a l p h e n o m e n a . F o r i n s t a n c e Ellis e t al. [ A 2 0 ] h a v e s h o w n that w o r m
h o l e s m a y c a u s e initially p u r e q u a n t u m s t a t e s t o e v o l v e into m i x e d states. S u c h effects
c a n n o t be a c c o m m o d a t e d w i t h i n a local f r a m e w o r k , or e v e n a f r a m e w o r k that is approxi
m a t e l y l o c a l o n s c a l e s m u c h larger t h a n t h e P l a n c k l e n g t h , for this w o u l d n e c e s s a r i l y
lead t o large a n d p h e n o m e n o l o g i c a l l y u n a c c e p t a b l e v i o l a t i o n s o f e n e r g y and m o m e n t u m
conservation [А21].
M o r e o v e r , t h e s e n o n - l o c a l effects h a v e b e e n d e r i v e d in a p e r t u r b a t i v e c o n t e x t in
w h i c h t h e n o n - l o c a l effects o f gravity are e x p e c t e d t o b e relatively b e n i g n . T h e full,
n o n - p e r t u r b a t i v e t h e o r y o f q u a n t u m g r a v i t y c a n b e e x p e c t e d t o c o n t a i n e v e n m o r e pro
f o u n d l y n o n - l o c a l effects. I n d e e d , t h e r e are s t r o n g i n d i c a t i o n s that the P l a n c k scale i s
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h a f u n d a m e n t a l p h a s e t r a n s i t i o n in the d y n a m i c s of q u a n t u m gravity
and/or t h e s t r u c t u r e of s p a c e t i m e g e o m e t r y (e.g., a transition from four d i m e n s i o n s to
ten d i m e n s i o n s ) . S u c h a p h a s e transition w o u l d be e x p e c t e d to p r o d u c e l o n g - r a n g e cor
r e l a t i o n s that c o u l d e n h a n c e the n o n - l o c a l s t r u c t u r e o f the t h e o r y . H e n c e t h e local
s t r u c t u r e of a relativistic field t h e o r y m a y p r o v i d e a totally i n a p p r o p r i a t e f r a m e w o r k
for p h y s i c s at t h e super-unified s c a l e . T h e r e f o r e , o n e m i g h t e x p e c t that if the d o m a i n of
c o n s c i o u s n e s s i s f u n d a m e n t a l l y t h e super-unified scale, t h e n p h e n o m e n a o f conscious
n e s s w o u l d i n c l u d e influences that are i n h e r e n t l y n o n - l o c a l . T h e M a h a r i s h i Effect d a t a
c a n t h u s b e v i e w e d a s e v i d e n c e that i n d i v i d u a l c o n s c i o u s n e s s c a n a c c e s s t h e scale o f
s u p e r - u n i f i c a t i o n , c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e p r o p o s e d identity b e t w e e n p u r e c o n s c i o u s n e s s and
the unified field.
T h e q u e s t i o n m o s t often raised by p h y s i c i s t s is h o w h u m a n c o n s c i o u s n e s s c o u l d pos
sibly interact w i t h p h y s i c s at such f u n d a m e n t a l scales. T h i s question s t e m s from a recent
b u t w i d e s p r e a d u n d e r s t a n d i n g that c o n s c i o u s n e s s is p u r e l y a p r o d u c t of c o m p l e x bio
c h e m i c a l and e l e c t r o p h y s i o l o g i c a l p r o c e s s e s in the brain. S u c h a v i e w p o i n t m a y s e e m
c o m p a t i b l e w i t h the restricted r a n g e of e x p e r i e n c e available in w a k i n g c o n s c i o u s n e s s (in
w h i c h c o n s c i o u s n e s s itself is not directly p e r c e i v e d ) , but it is clearly i n c o m p a t i b l e w i t h
e x p e r i e n c e in h i g h e r states of c o n s c i o u s n e s s . F o r e x a m p l e , in the state of pure conscious
ness, c o n s c i o u s n e s s e x p e r i e n c e s itself as t h e unified s o u r c e and fountainhead of all the
l a w s of n a t u r e : all f o r m s and p h e n o m e n a in the u n i v e r s e are e x p e r i e n c e d to e m e r g e from
t h e r e , a n d c a n be g e n e r a t e d at will t h r o u g h the application of the T M - S i d h i p r o g r a m .
H e n c e a c c o r d i n g t o the u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d direct e x p e r i e n c e p r o v i d e d b y M a h a r i s h i
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About the Author

Dr. John Hagelin is Professor of Physics and Director of the

Maharishi International University

In this article, we present a new understanding and language of physics based

Address correspondence to: Department of Physics

It w a s E i n s t e i n ' s d e e p c o n v i c t i o n that the l a w s of nature had a simple, g e o m e t r i c ,

q u a n t u m theory of gravity. R e c e n t formulations of the heterotic string, including m a n i -

T h e term " l e p t o - q u a r k " is used in p h y s i c s to denote the p r o p o s e d unification of l e p -

q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l or q u a n t u m field-theoretic levels, and are often m o r e confusing

See Appendix A on field effects of consciousness.

sustain. In practice, the time and distance scales characteristic of super-unification

II. T h e E s s e n t i a l C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e Unified Field

We will b e g i n o u r analysis of the discipline of p h y s i c s w i t h a consideration of the uni-

focus on universal properties w h i c h are characteristic of any unified q u a n t u m field. S u c h

exists—all f o r m s a n d p h e n o m e n a in the u n i v e r s e , w h i c h constitute its v a r i o u s e x p r e s -

it is clear that the q u a n t u m principle a d d s t r e m e n d o u s d y n a m i s m to the rather abstract

It is interesting to n o t e that in M a h a r i s h i V e d i c Science, b e c a u s e the unified field is

III. T h e Hilbert S p a c e Formulation of Q u a n t u m M e c h a n i c s

In the p r e v i o u s section, we traced the d y n a m i c a l origin of n a t u r e ' s intelligence to the

a l g e b r a of q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l o b s e r v a b l e s , and achieves its full physical significance

* See footnote on previous page.

v e c t o r s s p a n s the Hilbert space and thereby p r o v i d e s a c o m p l e t e characterization of

T h e v a l u e of the quantity (o) is well defined only if the s y s t e m is in an eigenstate of the

O t h e r w i s e , the q u a n t u m - m e c h a n i c a l system d o e s not generally p o s s e s s a definite v a l u e

The Three-in-One Structure

p r o v i d e d by the Hilbert s p a c e formulation of the q u a n t u m theory and e x a m i n e d this

for the s p o n t a n e o u s and sequential e m e r g e n c e of the diversified structure of the l a w s of

IV. T h e Elementary Particles and Forces of Nature

In the p r e v i o u s sections, we presented a detailed analysis of the essential characteris-

* See, however, ref. [СЗ].

F r o m this a n a l y s i s , w e c o n c l u d e that w i t h i n the f r a m e w o r k p r o v i d e d b y t h e super-

L i k e the heterotic string, this string ( s u t r a t m a ) h a s the t o p o l o g y of a circle, or mandala

by M a h a r i s h i V e d i c S c i e n c e and the unified q u a n t u m field theory of m o d e r n theoretical

The sounds of the Ved are generated by the

T h i s is the specialty of the V e d i c l a n g u a g e , the intimate connection b e t w e e n sound

He whose awareness is not open to this field,

T h e current revival of the V e d i c k n o w l e d g e by Maharishi has largely been possible

M e d i t a t i o n t e c h n i q u e naturally p r o d u c e s this fundamental level of a w a r e n e s s , in w h i c h

i n c l u d i n g the restoration of p h y s i o l o g i c a l b a l a n c e at the level of the three prakritis or

V. Quantum Cosmology and Vedic Cosmology

T h e m o s t o b v i o u s practical expression of the unified field is the universe itself. T h e

c o n s c i o u s n e s s and its self-interacting d y n a m i c s ; it results from the discriminative (bud-

Atman buddhi arthan manas vivarta kayagni vayu akasha

S p e e c h is an e x p r e s s i o n of atman, the self. Its d e v e l o p m e n t b e g i n s w h e n t h e intelli-

b e g i n s at the P l a n c k scale, w h e r e the field of gravity d e c o u p l e s from the rest of p h y s -

structure of the R i g - V e d S a m h i t a , w h o s e sequential progression of sound and silence*

actual collapse of the v a c u u m w a v e functional b a s e d on any intrinsic field-theoretic

p o i n t — o f enjoying isolated possibilities in the field of all possibilities—provided the

VI. Unified Field Based Civilization

In this article, we h a v e presented a n e w u n d e r s t a n d i n g and l a n g u a g e of p h y s i c s based

unified level of a w a r e n e s s w h e r e the c o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n n a m e and form is lively.

p h y s i o l o g i c a l i m b a l a n c e or disorder, creating a natural state of health and w e l l - b e i n g

I n t h e field o f b e h a v i o r , M a h a r i s h i e x p l a i n s [8,9] that t h e d e v e l o p m e n t t h r o u g h V e d i c

It is a f o r t u n a t e fact that the utilization of n a t u r a l l a w is often easier t h a n t h e intellec­

Maharishi explains that the range of natural law w h i c h is spontaneously utilized by

* See Appendix A on field effects of consciousness.

the m i n d d e p e n d s on the natural range of o n e ' s c o m p r e h e n s i o n — t h e degree of alertness

V e d i c S c i e n c e a l l o w s the s p o n t a n e o u s utilization of the total potential of natural l a w to

I w o u l d like to e x p r e s s my sincere gratitude to Maharishi M a h e s h Y o g i for the u n d e r -

At present, the m o s t striking empirical e v i d e n c e in support of a unified field-theoretic

political violence, crime, and other manifestations of societal incoherence. T h e s e studies

c o n t i n u o u s t i m e series [ А 4 ] . T i m e series " i n t e r v e n t i o n a n a l y s i s " i s u s e d t o assess effects

Recent Intervention Studies

It is a f o r t u n a t e fact that the utilization of n a t u r a l l a w is often easier t h a n t h e intellec

H o w e v e r , t h e r e are c e r t a i n features of t h e M a h a r i s h i Effect that are not easily under