These courses investigate Maharishi’s explanation of the self-referral structure of pure knowledge as the source of all the Laws of Nature, the Veda. Topics include the structure of pure knowledge, including its correlation to the principles of modern science, and the mechanics by which pure knowledge unfolds from the three-in-one structure of self-referral consciousness and is reflected in the structure of the Vedic Literature. (Prerequisite MVS 208; 4 units)

Students will explore universal principles of life expressed by Maharishi Vedic Science and the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The course will provide students the opportunity to study the following topics: The existence and nature of God; the main purpose of human life; the ultimate cause of all problems and suffering; turning within: the technology of transcending; the development of higher states of consciousness; and the creation of heaven on earth. (4 units)

(Note: There will be a companion course to this that will explore universal principles in the contexts of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism: Both of these courses can be taken for credit towards the BA degree but only one is a required course for the major.)

Brain functioning underlies conscious processing, states of consciousness, and enlightenment. You will learn how to record EEG (brain waves) and other physiological measures (breath rate, heart rate, and skin conductance), will learn the brain signatures of the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique and of higher states and consciousness, and will conduct original research testing a research question that you generate during the course. (4 units)

Science of Being and Art of Living was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s first book, published in 1963. In this course, both through reading and through studying Maharishi’s video tapes, students investigate the main themes of the book — Being, the essential constituent of creation, how to contact and how to live Being, how live one’s full potential, in thought, speech, action, and relationships, and God realization. (4 units)

This course studies Maharishi’s translation and commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita, a work that sequentially unfolds profound principles of human behavior. The Bhagavad-Gita, as a textbook for Maharishi Vedic Science, contains the essence of the detailed knowledge of consciousness contained in the Vedic Literature. Course topics include the scope, structure, and dynamics of human behavior; the seven states of consciousness; collective consciousness; and the solution to the fundamental dilemma at the basis of human suffering. (4 units)

As a precise, systematic, and effective method for developing human consciousness, the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs have given rise to a substantial scientific research program. This course reviews contemporary methods of research — including issues from the philosophy of science — as it applies to the research on the Transcendental Meditation program, and develops the ability to evaluate and explain specific studies on developing mental potential, improving health, and creating effective and rewarding social behavior. (4 units)

Students explore various methods of creating peace, with special emphasis on the documented effectiveness of these methods, and understanding the underlying scientific explanations accounting for this effectiveness, particularly in the physics of invincibility. Students study the sociological concept of collective consciousness, and the course emphasizes in-depth examination of the Maharishi’s Vedic technologies — particularly group practice of the TM-Sidhi program — and its ability to create coherence in collective consciousness as the basis for creating peace. (4 units)

During these courses you will read the classical texts of Vedic Literature in the Devanagari script. The texts are read for the sound value, enjoying benefits in consciousness and in physiology. You will begin each series of this course with a major division of the Vedic Literature. (4 units each)

During this course students complete the research paper started in MVS 390. This paper represents the final integration of their knowledge of Maharishi Vedic Science. (4 units)