Arts for Enlightenment Course 2
Maharishi’s Consciousness-Based Approach to Creativity and the Arts, Course 2.0
Fulfilling the Aspiration of the Creative Arts: Infinite Bliss
Expressed Through Every Wave of Artistic Creation – Fine Arts, Design, Music, Performing Arts, and Poetry
Course Leader: Dr. Anthony Miles presents Maharishi’s enlightening principles of creativity and artistic expression in historic lectures via Zoom.
Course Dates: October 24 – December 5, 2024 (No class on Thanksgiving.) Twelve 90-minute classes on Mondays and Thursdays at 1:30 pm US-CT / 7:30 pm UK. Zoom sessions will be recorded and available to view for one year.
Worldwide Times: 2:30 pm EDT | 1:30 pm CDT | 12:30 pm MDT | 11:30 am PDT | 8:30 am HST | 7:30 pm UK | 8:30 pm CEST / SAST | 9:30 pm EEST / MSK | (Next day) 7:30 am NZDT (European times will be one hour earlier on Oct 28 & 31.)
Free Introductory Session: View the Introductory Zoom Session from October 24.
This course also includes access to a private Facebook page to discuss, and share your insights and bliss with other artists, musicians, writers, and enjoyers of the arts.
Prerequisites:TM Course, plus it would be best to take Arts for Enlightenment Course 1.0 first, but if you want to start with this course, then we recommend you take the first course afterwards. The first course will offered again, starting January, 2025. Learn more.
Course Fee:
- $125 general tuition fee
- $75 full-time students, TM organization staff/faculty, and low-income retirees.
- Some countries might have a discounted course fee of $35 or $65. To find out about your country, please check the list in the sign-up form.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“Music is a very great art of life. It’s a very great technique of refining the aspects of living. It’s the tenderness of emotions developed through the regular practice of Transcendental Meditation that makes a musician successful and music very penetratingly delightful.”
– Maharishi
From lecture 9, “The Goal of Music”
Course Description
This second course in the Master Series builds on the lectures by Maharishi in the first course. In this course, Maharishi elaborates on the consciousness-based approach to specific Arts disciplines, such as the fine arts, design, music, entertainment, literature, and poetry. He further presents an inspiring vision of fulfillment of the creative arts through the development of higher states of consciousness in enlightenment.
Lecture titles:
- Enlivening Being, the Supreme Level of Delicacy, in the Consciousness of the Artist.
- Raising the Individual to the Highest Level of Consciousness to Create Beauty in the Environment and Fulfill the Purpose of Environmental Design.
- Study of Literature and the Science of Creative Intelligence Both Culture Emotions, Intellect, and the Whole Personality by Taking the Awareness through Repeated Cycles of Expansion and Contraction––Rest and Activity––the Fundamental Steps of Progress Found throughout Nature.
- The Quantum Theory of Literature: The Flow of Consciousness is at the Basis of All Expressions.
- The Art of Magic Awakens Interest to Know What Is Beyond the Surface.
- Poetic Expressions Rise from the Consciousness of the Lively Heart and Vigilant Mind of the Poet to Express the Underlying Unity of Life.
- The Depth of Love and Purity Flowing from the Heart of the Musician Nourishes and Enriches the Life of Everyone.
- The Goal of All Music: Individual Life Vibrating in Cosmic Melody.
- The Goal of Music: Refining Every Phase of Living so That Every Boundary Expresses the Melody of the Boundless.
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda is the Music of Knowledge
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Accompanied by Pandit Vijay Ghate on Tabla
- Celebrating Arts for Enlightenment––Achieving Creative Excellence, Cultural Integrity, and World Peace through Higher Consciousness.
Artists, designers, musicians, performers, writers, poets and all those interested in creativity, arts, and culture will find inspiration in this rich flow of consciousness-based knowledge presented by Maharishi.
Reviews from Course 1
“I feel so much better about my art-making now, seeing it clearly now as something valuable to society and not just selfishly for my own enjoyment. I’ve also gotten my art practice back on track after a very disruptive past year!” —TL
“Thank you Raja Anthony for being the cosmic channel for Maharishi’s supreme knowledge.” —DS
“A study of the deep meaning in which art plays a role in our lives, empowering the value of the artist in the most important and fundamental manners of existence.” —BM
“Thank you for this sublime course!” —JM
“Can’t wait for part 2!” —TL
“Thank you for an incredible course. I very much look forward to the next course. TM has changed my life in ways I could not have imagined.” —BM
“This has been such an amazing experience of expansive awareness and clarified understanding of how the art of life and my intuition come together in my daily life which I can share with my friends and my global neighbors.” —PL
“The course placed the activity of the artist into the context of the larger cosmic whole. It showed the profound connection between the artist and totality. The course was expertly led by Dr. Wolfe and Raja Anthony with many very sweet, beautiful talks from Maharishi on the arts. Dr. Wolfe brought a spirit of radiant joy to her teaching, which always imparted a tangible feeling of wholeness to the group.” —JM
Faculty
Dr. Anthony Miles
Dr. Anthony Miles will be the course leader. He is an administrator of the Global Country of World Peace, with a special responsibility for the Arts. He also oversees the Transcendental Meditation® organization in several countries, including Scotland, Barbados and Botswana. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Merchandising Design from the University of the Arts, London, UK, and was awarded a Doctorate in World Peace from Maharishi European Research University, Switzerland.
At the age of 21, Dr. Miles began working on the international staff of the Transcendental Meditation organization as a designer, working with Maharishi for 20 years. Under Maharishi’s guidance he spent five years undertaking advanced research in Maharishi Vedic Science, art and architecture.
Dr. Miles is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, and is founding president of the Academy of Arts for Enlightenment, a global non-profit organization dedicated to raising consciousness in the Arts through the Science of Consciousness.
FAQS
Who can take this course?
All practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique are warmly invited to take this course. No matter whether you are a professional artist, or just enjoy Maharishi’s knowledge about all the different areas of life, you will enjoy this holistic approach to the practical understanding of the arts.
How long are the videos available to view?
The course videos and the Zoom session recordings will be available to view for one year.
Where can I contact the organizer of this event with any questions?
Please email the Office of Continuing Education at ce@miu.edu. Or you can call 641-919-0045 during office hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 am – noon and 1:00 – 4:00 pm (Central Time).
What is the refund policy?
We offer full refunds to anyone who requests them before starting the third class.
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