Architecture and Engineering in light of the Science of ConsciousnessCreating Ideal Buildings and Communities in Harmony with Natural Law

Lesson 8Bringing Fulfillment to the highest Goals of Architecture and Engeneering – Life in Harmony with Natural Law through the Science and Technology of Consciousness

Creating ideal living conditions where everyone will feel ‘I am living in Heaven’

CLASS PERIOD COURSE OR ACTIVITY

First period8:00–9:45 a.m.

Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs (preceded by stretching postures, in a group with leader at front of the room)

9:45- 10:15 Change to class clothes, eat, go to class

Second period10:15–12 midday

Main Video Lecture (35 min): Bringing Fulfillment to the highest Goals of Architecture and Engeneering – Life in Harmony with Natural Law through the Science and Technology of Consciousness (35 min)

Appealing Points (5 min)

Academic exercises (30): Handout: Two double pages: Heaven on Earth Master plan and three MSV pages from the HoE book. Exercise: Read through them and in groups of four explain to each other what your ideal of Heaven on Earth would be, including what buildings and transportation you would like to have. Make drawings / sketches with descriptions. (ca. 20 min)Choose the best ideas of each group to present to the whole class. (ca. 10 min)

Additional Reference: How to Build a Peace Palace Book, Maharishi Tower brochure/ website/ intro video

Transcendental Meditation (last 15 minutes)

Third period12–1 p.m.

Lunch—45 minutesWalk outdoors 15 minutes

Fourth period1–2:45 p.m.

Supplementary Readings/videos for the main course of the week (90 minutes):

Supplementary Readings/Videos (40 min): Tape: Maharishi speaking on Vishwakarma Day 2004 with Dr Eike Hartmann’s slide show of all projects ever designed by Maharishi for the reconstruction of the world (37 min)

Additional Academic Exercises (40 min): Choose a project from the slide show in the tape that appeals to you most, that you would

like to see realized or would like to be involved in, and say why. (20 min)Presentation to class and feedback. (20 min)

Transcendental Meditation (last 15 minutes)

2:45-3:00 Break

Fifth period3:00–4:05 p.m.

Repeating the day’s lecture and additional Academic Exercises (60 minutes)

Second Playing of Main Video Lecture (35 min): Bringing Fulfillment to the highest Goals of Architecture and Engeneering – Life in Harmony with Natural Law through the Science and Technology of Consciousness (35 min)

Appealing Points (5 min)

Student Summaries of the day (10 min)

Main Video Lecture Unified Field and Unity Chart (3-5 min)

Change classrooms (5 minutes)

Sixth period4:05–4:25 p.m.

Synthesis of the Day* (20 minutes)

4:30- 4:45 p.m. Change clothes and rest (15 minutes)

Seventh period4:45–6:30 p.m.

Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program (preceded by stretching postures)

Materials needed for this lesson: DVD of the day Containing Lecture 8 expert’s video (35 min), and

the video Maharishi speaking on Vishwakarma Day 2004 with Dr Eike Hartmann’s slide show of all projects ever designed by Maharishi for the reconstruction of the world (35 min)

Handout: Two double pages printed in color (pdf): Heaven on Earth Master plan and MSV pages, all from book Maharishi’s Master Plan to Create Heaven on Earth

Additional References: Materials in the classroom available for students to look at or use during exercise: Book How to Build a Peace Palace, Maharishi Tower of Invincibility brochure/ website / intro video

Homework Reading (where applicable):

Academic Exercise of Second period (Main Tape of the Day)Additional explanation and example of what would be acceptable: Acceptable results could be a drawing and description an beautiful house or building designed according to Maharishi Sthapatya Veda with refined ornamentation, or how they imagine an ideal, heavenly university building, or a modern, sustainable and beautiful looking transportation system, or a parliament hall with yogic flyers quietly flying around the parliamentarians:

Make sure that the examples include (some of) the following values: some principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda mentioned in the handout, such

as laid out on the global grid, orientation to the east or north, proper placement of rooms, auspicious deasurements and proportions

an ideal of sustainability, such as healthy, natural materials, or the use of renewable energy

elements form the science of consciousness, such as yogic flying facilities, or knowledge buildings such as Maharishi Tower or Peace Palaces

great imagined beauty

Academic Exercise of Fourth period (Additional Reading or Video) Additional explanation and example of what would be acceptable: They have seem a great lot of projects in the video tape and will remember some of them that appealed to them most. Let them describe their favorite project in detail in their own words and Add why they want to see this project realized or even why they might like to

participate in it. Make sure their expression includes the significance from the Science of

Consciousness

For example: Building for large groups of Maharishi Vedic Pandits at the Brahmasthan on India.

The value that might attract someone to this project could be that around the center point, the actual Brahasthan are 1000 mandaps for the 4 Vedas (Rik Ved, Sama Veda, Shukla and Krishna Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda) set in Vedic Gardens.The Consciousness Point would be, that these groups create the Maharishi Effect for world peace.