Design Disciplines Archives - Academy of Arts for Enlightenment

Michelangelo’s Sculpture Energizes Awareness

Matthew Beaufort, a specialist in art history and Associate Professor of Humanities at Maharishi International University (MIU), connects the exquisite sculptures of Michelangelo with the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science and experience of Self-transcending through Transcendental Meditation.

Maharishi Gandharva-Veda Music — Music in Alliance with Natural Law

In the 1980’s after teaching Transcendental Meditation around the world for 30 years, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was thinking about what more could he do to bring peace and happiness to mankind. He looked deeper into the Vedic literature of India, the oldest tradition of knowledge and human experience, and found Gandharva-Veda music, the eternal music of Nature . . .

The Glorious Domain of the Arts

To paint a canvas, carve a block of stone or mold clay; to weave a basket, blow glass or make a piece of jewelry; to design a residence, an automobile, or a website; to build furniture, an architectural model, or develop a fashion trend; to sing an aria, play sitar, or conduct an orchestra; to perform a ballet, recite Shakespeare, or direct a movie; to write a poem, a memoir or develop a storyline. . .