The Foundations of Maharishi's Science of Creative Intelligence—Chapter Five: Living Cosmic Consciousness, a Life of Complete Fulfilment

The chapter examines how action, impression, and desire relate to living Cosmic Consciousness, shedding light on ignorance and enlightenment and how ignorance transforms into enlightenment. These themes were central to Maharishi's early teaching and reappear in the advanced concept of Pragya-aparadha, 'the mistake of the intellect.'

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Abstract

In this chapter, we will explore further the relationship between action, impression, and desire and consider their relation to living Cosmic Consciousness. Such considerations illuminate the nature of ignorance as well as the nature of enlightenment and the means by which the former is transformed into the latter. Action, impression, and desire were constant themes of Maharishi’s teaching in its first decade, and Maharishi has brought out the same theme, as we shall see in a later part of this work, in the more advanced understanding of Pragya-aparadha, ‘the mistake of the intellect.