Synopsis
 This
book, though small in size, is large in scope. It brings together
in an unusual, useful and even explosive way, people and subjects
that are generally kept in separate compartments of the human mind
as we know it. Science and poetry, or art in general, technology,
spirituality, reason, emotion and everything and everyone in this
universe are integral parts of a whole which nature does not put
into "pigeon-holes". We have done this,
for convenience in dealing with the overwhelming diversity of experience,
but it is bringing us to a blind alley in this new Millennium, which
seems to be leading the world towards disaster.
"Pigeon-holes" are indeed useful, even
vital to us, as long as they are not separated from knowledge of
the whole, which exists deep in our consciousness; here the marvellous
connections and potentiality of living and fruitful relationships
between the whole and the parts can be experienced in the well-being
and evoloution of the whole as well as the parts.
There is, as I hope to show, an important truth
in the main truth of Professor John Carey's introduction to his
valuable and fascinating anthology, The Faber Book of Science
(Faber & Faber 1995), from which I quote a few relevant sentences;
"The real antithesis of science seems
to be not theology, but politics. Whereas science is a sphere of
knowledge, politics is a sphere of opinion. Politics is constructed
out of preferences, which it strives to elevate, by the mere multiplication
of words, to the status of truths. Politics depends on personalities
and rhetoric; social class, race and nationality are elemental to
it. All these are irrelevant to science. Further, politics relies,
for its very existence, upon conflict. It presupposes an enemy.
It is essentially oppositional, built on warring prejudices. If
this oppositional structure were to collapse, politics could not
survive. There could be no politics in a world of total consensus.
Science, by contrast, is a cooperative, not an oppositional venture.
Of course, the history of science resounds with ferocious argument
and the elaboration and destruction of rival theories. But when
consensus is reached, science does not collapse, it advances. Another
crucial difference is that politics aims to coerce people. It is
concerned with the exercise of power. Science has no such designs.
It seeks knowledge."
The long poem which was the raison d'^etre of
this book was written in 1998 and tends to be seen, even by sympathetic
readers or listeners, mainly as a personal story and not with its
implications as a whole.
Science and life are always evolving, and
this is what my poem and this essay are about. They are based on
the realisation of the most valuable, evolutionary leap of knowledge
in recorded history, together with the practical and proven technologies
to use it for the betterment of the world and its inhabitants in
every respect for all times to come through the field effect
of consciousness. I refer to the discovery of the Unified
Field of all the laws of nature, Natural Law, which is a field of
consciousness, in particular human consciousness.
The peaceful, lively consensus which Professor
Carey refers to can be achieved through this field effect. There
is a saying in the Upanishads "Truth alone triumphs".
However long it takes!
The field effect of consciousness in its most
powerful and beneficent form is comparable to the modern invention
of laser beams in which even a small minority of atoms become coherent
and work together; this has also been proved to be true of a small
proportion of human minds working coherently together at the deepest
level of consciousness using appropriate mental techniques. This
sounds like something very difficult in the way of effort or concentration
but it is, in fact, simple, natural and enjoyable.
Through what one correspondent called "a
moving account of a long personal journey" the author,
(now aged 81) has come to realise that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is
the only figure in the world today who can see the whole, and work
with his unique knowledge, based on the most ancient Vedic experience
and what we now know to be scientifically proven technologies, to
take us all from our blind alleys to a happier and more fulfilling
future, in fact, to a future at all. When I say "all"
I refer to every human being on this planet. This is science and
much more.
The book has to refer with gratitude and respect
to a few of the fine and gifted people in earlier or recent history,
particularly Siegmund Freud and some of his successors, who have
glimpsed part of the knowledge which Maharishi has brought out and
is still bringing out with the collaboration of some brilliant scientists
and others. There are many valuable books about people mentioned
in this essay, but what I have written is from my own personal experience
as it happened, and I feel this may have an appeal for some readers
and awaken echoes at this time, perhaps from their own lives. The
academic works tend to exclude such areas of personal experience.
For me, remembering and seeing so much individual and collective
suffering based on ignorance, and having the knowledge that such
pain, caused by relationships, terrorism, war, crime, disease and
even natural disasters, can be prevented now, I feel this can make
my little book of value to some readers. This would include those
mentioned in the Foreword in some disciplines and professions, and
also the millions of people everywhere who feel so strongly that
even a "just war" is now totally unacceptable, even if
they see no alternative.
So, I finish with the words of Maharishi himself
at the end of his introduction to his commentary on the Bhagavad
Gita written nearly forty years ago:
"If this teaching is followed, effectiveness
in life will be achieved. Men will be fulfilled on all levels, and
the historical need of the age will be fulfilled also."
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