Maharishi’s great work was to bring the Transcendental Meditation technique and the practical reality of enlightenment into the mainstream, as well as into the arena of scientific research, vastly expanding the scope of scientific inquiry and the scientific understanding of human potential.

Human beings are born not to suffer but to enjoy, Maharishi said—they need only develop their unbounded potential. The experience of transcending is the missing catalyst.

Transcendental Consciousness is a natural state. Everyone has the ability to experience it—every human brain is hard-wired with the potential to function coherently. And the Transcendental Meditation technique gives that experience effortlessly.

Maharishi’s model of seven states of consciousness represents a unique contribution to our understanding of human potential and how it develops. He has put forward a systematic, comprehensive, detailed understanding of human development and placed it in the arena of empirical science. He has described the transformations in knowledge, experience, and physiological functioning that come with each higher state. And he has provided simple, natural techniques for cultivating higher states of consciousness.

Human beings are designed for enlightenment; it is everyone’s birthright. With the simple technique for transcending that Maharishi has revived, anyone and everyone can grow to enlightenment.