Consciousness-Based Education for Total Development of the Brain in contrast to Existing Education Which Partially Develops the Brain
Summary of Scientific Research

The highest educational goal of every nation is to create ideal citizens, individuals capable of fulfilling their own goals while upholding the interests of others and the progress of the whole society. For this goal to become a living reality, education must actualize the full potential of the most precious resource of the country, the human brain of every citizen.

Research clearly indicates that education today is not realizing this immense potential, with the exception of universities and schools that are directly developing the consciousness of the students through the approach of Consciousness-Based^SM education.

Six hundred scientific research studies on the Transcendental Meditation^® and TM-Sidhi^® program conducted at over two hundred universities and research institutions in thirty countries document the development of the total brain physiology and its profound benefits to mind, body, behavior, and society.

Overview of Consciousness-Based Education for the total Development of the Brain
The brain’s development and functioning are influenced by experience. Neuroscience research findings also suggests that the type of experience most valuable for brain development after childhood is experience which fosters greater integration of brain functioning.

Research also indicates that the experiences gained through the prevailing educational approach activate specific areas of the brain without fostering more integrated functioning of the brain as a whole. Such education, due to its exclusively segmented approach to knowledge, actually prevents the total development of brain functioning.

Evidence from decades of research shows that Consciousness-Based education, developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, does promote holistic brain functioning and expansion of mental capabilities.

The Transcendental Meditation technique is the fundamental technology used in Consciousness-Based education. This approach adds study and research in consciousness to the traditional study of the academic disciplines, and includes the twice-daily practice of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, including Yogic Flying, to directly develop full use of the brain’s potential in higher states of consciousness.

Considering institutions as a whole, students at universities and schools using Consciousness-Based education are found to be distinctly more committed academically, more alert, more healthy and balanced, more self-actualized, more satisfied with their education, more harmonious in their relationships, and more mature in moral judgment, compared to students at other educational institutions.

Amidst worldwide dissatisfaction with education today, Consciousness-Based education has been shown by research and educational outcomes to be singularly effective in producing students who are steadily growing in the most cherished qualities of human life and the full expression of their creativity, intelligent, and organizing power.