September 2000

A Message From Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
From Maharishi's Guru Purnima Address, July 16, 2000

The greatest blessing of Guru Dev is the perpetual, constant, all-the-time unboundedly present everywhere Constitution of the Universe, which runs the universe and maintains the unity of diversified existence. Diversified existence is eternally maintained on the level of unified wholeness.

"In Vedic words: Aham Brahmasmi—I am Totality. That thou art, and That all this is. Aham Brahmasmi. Sarvam Khalu Idam Brahm—everything is Totality. And in the start of Totality, miraculously, there is a flow, there is speed. There is least speed, least level of flow; and there is maximum speed, maximum flow.

"There are theories verified by mathematical conclusions that the universe is an expanding universe. It’s always universe, and always an expanding universe. So these waves of time come and go in the eternal silence of the infinite dynamism within it. The whole galactic universe, infinite number of galaxies—and not only one infinity—infinite number of infinities. This is the vision of the ever-expanding universe.

"Where is the concluding point of it? This is of value to us. We are celebrating today Guru Dev’s Golden Jubilee in order to bring out something most precious.

"We know gold to be most precious, shining gold, the inner aspect of the life-giving sun; the Self of everyone in terms of Veda—pure knowledge. And pure knowledge in terms of the unified wholeness of the three values: Knower, Knowing and Known. These we have understood all the time, and through Transcendental Meditation we have experienced that blissful value of our own self-referral quality of consciousness.

"All these years we have been telling the people about it. And those who heard it, they experienced it and they are better off today. Millions of individuals becoming better off, month after month, year after year, for all these 40–50 years.

"Now is the time for us to have a target of perpetual Swarn-Jayanti. Swarn Jayanti means Golden Jubilee Celebration.

"Jubilee—the joy. The joy of what? The joy of the supreme value of life. The joy of a golden character, shining, radiating wealth, affluence and fulfillment to all mankind.

"We have that knowledge. It is by the grace of Guru Dev."