All these developments make it clear that the doom-and-gloom scenario so prevalent these days is not founded on facts but on outdated fears. Humanity has the resources to solve the problem that confront us. We just need to be able to access them within ourselves.
The country that has received the greatest benefit from Maharishi's revival of knowledge is, fittingly, India. Samadhi , transcendental consciousness, is well known as a concept in India, but until Maharishi restored the Vedic technique of effortless meditation, very few people were experiencing it on a regular basis. Now hundreds of thousands of Indians are enjoying this state twice a day and benefiting from improved health, mental clarity, and efficiency in action. Maharishi renovated the sciences of Ayurveda (health), Jyotish (astrology), and Sthapatya-veda (architecture), clearing away superstitious misinterpretations and increasing their effectiveness.
Another of Maharishi's gifts to his home country was the re-enlivenment of the tradition of Vedic pandits. In the ancient civilization they were responsible for maintaining harmony in society and balance in nature through chanting and performing Sanskrit rituals. For many years, however, their importance was not fully appreciated and their training was neglected. Maharishi restored them to their place as honored professionals. "He revived the crucial understanding that the mantras should be chanted from an awareness grounded in the transcendental level of speech, where the link between sound and form -- between desire and fulfillment of desire -- is intimately connected and enormously powerful." [84] He established a training program that has produced 5,000 expert pandits who daily perform the ancient rituals for peace, prosperity, and happiness. [85]
All this is having a powerful effect. In the past 25 years poverty in India has decreased by more than half. Wages, reforestation, and education rates, particularly for girls, have increased steadily. [86] India's gross domestic production is growing by 7.4%, the fastest of all large economies. Consumer price inflation has decreased by almost one half. [87] Spurred by its booming IT sector, India now has the second fastest growing services economy in the world. [88]
"India's dramatic economic transformation over the last 50 years, its consistent improvement of social indicators, and its efforts in improving material well being for its citizens have all made it a better country to live in, according to 69% of the respondents surveyed for a study earlier this year. ... India's economic growth, particularly after 1991, has resulted in rapid development of facilities and infrastructure. ... A continuously improving per capita income and positive projections for India's GDP have resulted in positive opinions about the country in the minds of its citizens. ... This consistent decline in unemployment rate indicates that more and more citizens have been employed over the last few years, thereby increasing their purchasing power and circulating more cash in the economy. ... India's improving rank in indices that measure social progress, such as the Human Development Index, indicates that the country is a better place now than what it was 50 years ago. ... The country's rank in the Human Development Index (HDI), which studies three main indicators -- life expectancy, years of schooling or education, and gross national income in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) -- in a country, has gone up four notches since 1990. ... This increase in life expectancy indicates an improvement in the country's healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, which are crucial for the well being of its people." [89]
Bill Gates has had extensive business and philanthropic experience in India, and he reports, "India's progress over the past 20 years has been quite phenomenal. ... India has really emerged as a dynamic, influential country. It's been one of the world's fastest growing major economies, and it's playing an increasingly important role in world affairs, including as a member of the G20 and the BRICS group of newly industrialized nations. The current situation in India is quite hopeful. The country has a lot of talented people. The universities are improving. Government spending is going up because of the nation's economic strength. ... A lot of progress has come from the nation's culture of innovation, which has produced some really original and creative solutions. ... India is emerging as a model and increasingly a catalyst for improvement in other developing countries. For example, India has become a world leader in the development of high-quality, low-cost vaccines and other bio-pharmaceuticals, which are playing a huge role in improving health not only in south Asia but also in Africa and elsewhere." [90]
All these myriad improvements around the world have been caused or helped by the fact that Transcendental Meditation has enabled millions of people to regularly experience higher states of consciousness. This occurring globally is unprecedented in history since the time of the full flower of the Vedic civilization.
What we are witnessing now is the restoration of that civilization on a global scale. This is just beginning, and danger and suffering still abound, but if seven million meditators have produced these changes, imagine what seventy million could produce.
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