Individual Consciousness Mahesh Yogi

The objective of every government is a peaceful and prosperous country. However, it is hard to find an ideal government in the present world and not a single government could fully satisfy their citizens. No matter which country people always complain about the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the government. In some countries, the problems remain unsolved as the government cannot find a solution to stop ongoing war, crime and corruption.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1993) who is the founder of the Transcendental Meditation Program, explains that in order to be successful, the government should appoint the expert administrator who has been proving success in administration since the beginning of the solar system and universe, to accomplish everything

Each wave produces effects in every part of the pond. Similarly, the wave of individual life through its activity produces an influence in all fields of the cosmos. (p. 54).

Thus, the individual consciousness creates a powerful effect to enhance the quality of the collective consciousness of every group in which one belongs to; family, city, state or nation.

This relationship between individual and collective consciousness is reciprocal. Every individual influences the collective consciousness of the society and they also influenced by the consciousness of the society. Maharishi (1976) explains this relationship: “As individual consciousness grows, collective consciousness rises; and as collective consciousness rises, individual consciousness grows” (p. 124). Therefore, all levels of collective consciousness rises naturally, when individual consciousness grows and it helps to create a positive trend in the nation. This positive environment helps to accelerate the growth of individual consciousness in return. It is a continuous cycle that affects one another. Similarly, increasing in number of stressed individuals produce stresses in national consciousness which Maharishi explains as the cause of all problems in the society. He says, “All occurrences of violence, negative and conflict, crises or problems in any society are just the expression of growth of stress in collective consciousness”

Similarly, Maharishi explains every activity of the government is governed by national consciousness or the collective consciousness of the nation. He says: “The activity of government is the expression of national consciousness fulfilling the national need” (Maharishi, 1976, p. 122). This is the fundamental principle of every government, irrespective of its system. In Maharishi’s (1976) point of view: “the different political systems themselves are expressions of national consciousness and change when national consciousness has made them out dated” (p. 122). In this way, the governing process is beyond personal opinions, background, level of education, personality of the government members. Their actions determine by the collective consciousness of the nation, as they are simply the instruments of national