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December 1998

Book Reviews:
Celebrating Perfection in Education
and
Genetic Engineering: The Hazards
Vedic Engineering: The Solutions


Celebrating Perfection in Education
by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

"The objective approach of modern science has ended; it has discovered pure subjectivity—the field of consciousness—the field of the inner intelligence of the scientist, which the scientist can only investigate within himself.

"Everything about this field of consciousness, and everything about its applied values, is available to the scientist within himself—within his own body, within his own physiology, which is the home of his own consciousness." —Maharishi

In this beautifully illustrated and well documented book, Maharishi lays out the clear relationship between recent discoveries of physics, chemistry, mathematics and physiology and the timeless wisdom of Vedic Science. The three-in-one structure described by Vedic Science—unity of knower, process of knowing, and known—correlates precisely with the Unified Field uncovered by modern science.

Modern scientists, in their discovery that the Unified Field underlies all the physical forms and phenomena of creation, have reached the end of their objective approach to gaining knowledge. They have come face to face with the field of consciousness, the self-referral intelligence at the basis of all objective material creation. To continue their quest for knowledge, they must now take advantage of inner technologies to perform research into consciousness. As the Unified Field of all the Laws of Nature is non-material, it can only be known or investigated on the subjective, self-referral level of life.

Written primarily for educators in India, this book is a great introduction to Maharishi’s theme of Total Knowledge, the Unified Field of all the Laws of Nature which is the common basis of all streams of knowledge. It is a "must read" for those who want to keep up-to-date with Maharishi’s thinking.

"All this knowledge has been kept alive since time immemorial in the oral tradition of the Vedic Pandits of India for the very reason that the Unified Field and its self-referral dynamics is the basis of the entire diverse creation, and therefore cannot ever be forgotten or lost; being consciousness, fully awake within itself, it cannot ever forget itself, it cannot ever be lost. On its own level it is always awake." —Maharishi


Genetic Engineering: The Hazards Vedic Engineering: The Solutions
By John Fagan, Ph.D.


"At present, there are powerful economic and political forces driving the widespread implementation of genetic technologies. The race is in full swing to capitalize on these technologies and to recoup the billions of dollars that have already been invested in research and development. In the rush to make the most of this opportunity, government leaders, industrialists, and scientists are underestimating and, in many cases, disregarding the dangers of genetic engineering." —Dr. John Fagan

In November 1994, molecular biologist John Fagan stunned the scientific community when he returned more than $600,000 in research grant money to the National Institutes of Health to protest against the rampant experimentation with genetic engineering. Dr. Fagan’s ethical stance has won the praise of leading scientists throughout the world.

In this book, Dr. Fagan explains that a revolution is taking place in our supermarkets. Over seventy percent of processed foods, from baby food to cereals, now contain genetically altered ingredients. Although the people consuming these foods have been given little or no information, Dr. Fagan and other scientists have serious concerns for the public’s health and safety.

In the United States and Canada, hundreds of packaged foods contain genetically engineered ingredients, such as canola oil, soy flour, potatoes, tomatoes, and corn derivatives, including cornstarch and corn syrup.

Dr. John Fagan first began to understand the dangers of this new technology as a scientist using recombinant DNA technique in his own research. In the process of genetic engineering, a scientist cuts into the DNA, and then splices in foreign DNA to alter its expression. Not surprisingly, things can, and do go wrong. The result is food that could be toxic, allergenic, or reduced in nutritional value.

"The time has come when we can choose a research direction that will contribute most powerfully to life on earth," says Dr. Fagan. "Rather than continue on the dangerous level of fragmented knowledge of the physical structure of living things, it is possible at this time to explore the structure of intelligence within the physiology."

Dr. John Fagan is a professor of physiology and biochemistry at Maharishi University of Management.


To order these books call MUM Press at 800-831-6523 or visit their Web site at www.mum.edu/press

 

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