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Maharishi University of Management

Degree programs in the arts, sciences, business, and humanities

Consciousness-Based Education

The purpose of Consciousness-Based education is to develop every student's total potential to the maximum — their creativity, intelligence, and happiness. This is the foundation for professional success and personal fulfillment as well as for creating positive change in society.

The four components of Consciousness-Based education all serve this goal.

1. Direct development of consciousness

At MUM we have a systematic and scientifically verified means of developing our total potential — the Transcendental Meditation technique. More

2. A unifying framework for all human knowledge

All human knowledge is the expression of consciousness. If we understand the basic principles of consciousness, we understand the basic principles of all disciplines of knowledge. More

3. Special teaching & learning techniques that develop holistic awareness

At MUM the faculty use special techniques, that reflect fundamental laws of learning. These include: More

4. Stress-free routine and nourishing environment

To develop your full creative potential and get the most out of your college education, it’s vital to maintain a restfully alert quality of mind and body. How do we do that here? More

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.”
Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher, 6th century BC
“The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God who made us has endowed us.”
— Anna Jameson, British author & educator, 1794–1860
“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”
— Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet, 1861-1941
“Truth is within ourselves: it takes no rise from outward things, what’er you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness.”
— Robert Browning, English poet, 1812-1889
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
— Socrates, Greek philosopher, 469-399 BC
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