# Science of Being and Art of Living  ## Metadata - Author: [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] - Full Title: Science of Being and Art of Living - Category: #books ## Highlights - find their God within themselves. ([Location 81](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=81)) - the art of living is applied Science of Being. ([Location 92](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=92)) - Being to the level of scientific study and scrutiny. ([Location 103](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=103)) - Existence is abstract; that which exists is concrete. ([Location 128](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=128)) - The life of the individual without the realization of Being is baseless, meaningless, and fruitless. ([Location 144](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=144)) - Underneath the subtlest layer of all that exists in the relative field is the abstract, absolute field of pure Being, which is unmanifested and transcendental. ([Location 156](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=156)) - we gain advantage of that knowledge and grow in understanding about life. ([Location 161](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=161)) - Being is the essential constituent of creation. ([Location 165](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=165)) - Pure Being is of transcendental nature ([Location 179](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=179)) - The constitution of the mind is such that for any experience it has to associate itself with the senses and come in contact with the outside world of forms and phenomena. ([Location 182](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=182)) - Everything but the eyes themselves can be seen through the eyes. ([Location 185](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=185)) - hiding Being behind the scenes ([Location 195](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=195)) - Absolute Being ([Location 202](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=202)) - Prāṇa and mind, which is the level of thinking and breathing. ([Location 217](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=217)) - Being is the basis of all living. ([Location 222](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=222)) - activity depends upon thinking. ([Location 224](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=224)) - what, then, is the basis of thinking? In order to think, one has at least to be. ([Location 225](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=225)) - The whole field of life can be glorified by consciously taking care of Being. ([Location 228](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=228)) - Law means a rule of procedure. ([Location 231](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=231)) - Cosmic means all-inclusive; ([Location 232](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=232)) - besides change, there is maintenance. ([Location 237](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=237)) - cycle of creation, maintenance, evolution, and dissolution ([Location 242](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=242)) - Different levels of creation in different forms keep on evolving. ([Location 254](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=254)) - The essential and ultimate constituent of creation is the absolute state of Being or the state of pure consciousness. ([Location 260](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=260)) - Absolute Being remains absolute Being throughout, ([Location 264](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=264)) - The cosmic law is that absolute state of pure consciousness which knows no change. ([Location 265](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=265)) - relative phase of Being, ([Location 278](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=278)) - eternal, absolute state. ([Location 278](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=278)) - Being is eternally never-changing in Its absolute state, and It is eternally ever-changing in Its relative states. ([Location 280](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=280)) - relativity concerns itself only with the manifested field of creation, ([Location 296](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=296)) - attempts to scientifically establish the unified field theory, ([Location 297](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=297)) - will establish the principle of unity in the midst of diversity, the basic unity of material existence. ([Location 301](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=301)) - This will serve to turn the world of physical science to the science of mental phenomena. ([Location 303](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=303)) - The Science of Being is the transcendental ([Location 307](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=307)) - science of mind. ([Location 307](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=307)) - both absolute and relative. ([Location 311](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=311)) - absolute Being, which, although unmanifest in Its essential nature, manifests Itself as the relative creation. ([Location 326](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=326)) - the field of Being is not concrete. ([Location 333](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=333)) - The Absolute and the relative both together present the whole truth of life. ([Location 360](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=360)) - One hundred percent of absolute and one hundred percent of relative existence combine to form the one hundred percent of life in creation. ([Location 360](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=360)) - Mind is a wave of the ocean of Being. ([Location 367](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=367)) - interdependence of mind and Karma ([Location 373](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=373)) - The seed produces the tree and the tree produces the seed. ([Location 375](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=375)) - Prāṇa, the vital force of life and creation. ([Location 431](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=431)) - Karma means action or activity. ([Location 441](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0061YCTYE&location=441))