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Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Government-Automation in Administration

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The very first line of Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Government tips the reader off that this book is like none other in the field of administration: 'My philosophy of government locates the absolute government supreme government, at the unmanifest basis of creation...'

This book opened my vision to the amazing possibility that all the diverse desires of the millions of constituents of any government can actually be simultaneously fulfilled. And how could such an impossible feat be accomplished--that one administration could make everyone happy? Democrats and Republicans, rich and poor, farmers and industrialists, young and old...all can be fulfilled through the knowledge of the unified state of Natural Law, the 'unbounded seat of intelligence' at the basis of each person's own consciousness.

What is this level of perfection? It is described as pure, non-changing, supreme, self-referral, beyond space and time. The book proclaims that administration from this absolute level of life will reflect the same perfect harmony as the administration of the complex universe. It makes clear that absolute, perfect administration is not the phenomenon of action, it is the phenomenon of least action, of silence, of that level where we are all the same, where all our differences are unified. It is about a state of governing where the governor and governed are ONE.

Such a concept is breathtaking yet so utterly simple. Maharishi lays out the logic that we need only to align our human intelligence with the intelligence of Nature at the unmanifest basis of creation, that unified level which holds together all diversity, through the mental technique of Transcendental Meditation. And--voila--our lives can spontaneously be lived in the same innocent, beautiful harmony as the cosmos, in perfection.

This book convinced me that government can work. Especially in these days of chaos and confusion, we urgently need to go beyond the surface level of the problem to this knowledge of the perfect unity that lies within each of us.

The book Maharishi's Absolute Theory of Government gives hope to all Americans and indeed to all world governments that today's problems can be solved through an ideal system of administration through natural law. Natural law reflects the orderly dynamics of Nature that simultaneously handles all aspects of the Universe from the behavior of subatomic particles to the motion of the planets. The book explains how any administrator can engage this infinite source of organizing power to bring stability, harmony and peace to any level of activity without generating the negative affects of fatigue, frustration and struggle.

The book explains how natural law can be applied as the basis for ideal administration and outlines the action steps individuals, communities, societies, and governments can take to achieve it. The bookends with Maharishi's invitation "All governments are invited to enjoy the dawn of a new world order of peace and happiness".