Polymath mind

At MUM you study traditional subjects, but you also systematically cultivate your inner potential. Day by day, you develop your creativity and learning ability. Your awareness expands, improving your ability to see the big picture, and to relate to others. All knowledge emerges from consciousness — and in essence you are consciousness. At MUM, Consciousness-Based education connects everything you learn to the underlying wholeness of life. So each class becomes relevant, because the knowledge of that subject is connected with your own inner intelligence.“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.”

Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher, 6th century BC

“The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God who made us has endowed us.”

— Anna Jameson, British author & educator, 1794–1860

“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”

— Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet, 1861-1941

“Truth is within ourselves: it takes no rise from outward things, what’er you may believe. There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fullness.”

— Robert Browning, English poet, 1812-1889

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”

— Socrates, Greek philosopher, 469-399 BC

Through the Consciousness-Based approach of MUM, you also see how each field of study can be practically applied towards solving the world’s problems — and you gain the tools to create a positive change in the world.

“All that lies before us and all that lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson,

American writer, philosopher, and poet, 1803-1882

This system of education includes the daily practice of a simple natural procedure — the Transcendental Meditation technique — by all our students and faculty.  Extensive published research has found that this technique boosts learning ability and creativity, improves brain functioning, and reduces stress.

“What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.”

— Helen Keller,

American author and speaker, 1880–1968

The TM technique is practiced for twenty minutes twice a day, sitting comfortably with the eyes closed.

“There is a light that shines beyond the world, beyond everything, beyond all, beyond the highest heaven. This is the light that shines within your heart.”

— Upanishads, ancient Vedic texts

“Call yourself back then to yourself, O soul, and seek in yourself all that you ought to get knowledge of.”

— Hermetic writings, Egypt circa 2nd century AD

“The first peace, which is most important, is that which comes from within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the great spirit, and that this center is really everywhere — it is within each of us.”

— Black Elk, Sioux holy man, 1863–1950