FOR SALES SAKE MEDITATE!

As further proof that the unified field of consciousness and the unified field of nature are the same, Dr. Hagelin states that the qualities found at the fundamental level of nature's functioning - all possibilities, freedom, unboundedness, self-sufficiency, orderliness, bliss, and omniscience, to name a few - "are regularly experienced by people practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique when they dive deep within and explore the more fundamental aspects of intelligence in the mind."

This unified field of consciousness that is the unified field of nature is your own inner nature as well - it is your inner being. It is from here that all impulses of creativity emerge. The reality of life, which was once shrouded in mysticism, is today being understood in terms of modern physics. As with all new discoveries time is needed for new concepts to be assimilated. For example, what we today consider to be one of the most obvious of ideas - that the earth is round and that it circles the Sun - when this was initially introduced it astounded even the most advanced thinkers of that era. And it took generations of debate, pondering and persecution of its exponents before the concept was finally assimilated by the general populace.

The unified field is the field of all possibilities because it is the home of all the laws of nature. As the home of all the laws of nature we can, say that this unified field is the residence of the constitution of the universe. This is the level from which all of nature manifests and operates. And it does so according to its inherent constitution, the laws of nature that reside therein. And this unified field of the universe has now been discovered to be the unified field of consciousness. This unified field of consciousness contains within it a11 possibilities because all the laws of nature reside within it.

Physics has identified the unified field as the primordial essence of creation. It is isness, it is being, it is the totality of all that exists. It is existence itself. THIS UNIFIED FIELD OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THIS UNIFIED FIELD OF ALL THAT EXISTS, THIS HOME OF ALL THE LAWS OF NATURE, THIS FIELD OF ALL POSSIBILITIES, IS THE INNER DOMAIN OF THE HUMAN BEING - IS YOUR INNER DOMAIN. YOU ARE PART OF THE UNIVERSE. SO, WITHIN YOU IS THIS SAME BASIC CONSTITUENT OF LIFE; THAT UNIFIED FIELD, THE HOME OF EVERYTHING, THE FIELD OF ALL POSSIBILITIES. THIS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT!

Because this unified field of consciousness is your own inner nature you need not look far to find it. It is easily experienced through the practice of the TM technique. All you need to do is to bring your awareness to the deep inner level of unified consciousness, and imbibe that status within your conscious awareness. Operating from that status you gain command and support of all the laws of nature. And all means 'all.' This point will be developed further in Part II of this book.

The knowledge of how to contact that level deep within oneself to make use of one's inner abundant resources is the TM technique. It has been brought into the world by an Indian scholar and teacher, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi was revered as the most devoted and successful student of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, a direct custodian of the wise teachings of ancient India. Now, for the first time, the essence of this ancient wisdom has been formulated into a program of study readily adaptable to the active Westerner's lifestyle.

Over five million people world-wide have started practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique and reported almost miraculous effects on their daily. The interest of the scientific community was aroused. Since 1958, when the Transcendental Meditation program was introduced to the world, over 600 scientific published studies have been conducted at over 200 universities and research institutions, including Harvard Medical School, Stanford University, University of Chicago, and UCLA. Also, many corporations have introduced the Transcendental Meditation technique to their employees. Among them are General Motors Corporation, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Sternberger Motor Corporation, P.A. Medical Corporation, Sunnydale Farms and Sumitomo Heavy Industries.

The following news release appeared in 1977 about TM instruction in General Motors:

Instruction in the Transcendental Meditation technique is now eligible for full coverage under the "General Motors Corporation Tuition Assistance Plan Professional Development" component for all salaried employees in the United States.

Occupational stress has been found to be the major cause of diminished health and personal productivity costing American businesses up to $200 billion annually. Over 600 comparative studies have found the Transcendental Meditation technique to be the most effective corporate stress management program in the world today. Over the past 25 years, a number of worksite studies on the TM program have reported major benefits in all areas of employee and organizational development and success. For example, a study of 125 General Motors employees found that the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique resulted in significant improvements in health, job effectiveness and satisfaction, and interpersonal relationships. The study, which was published in the journal Anxiety, Stress and Coping, also reported that employees enjoyed reductions in anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, job tension, and cigarette and hard liquor use.