Consciousness

 An important insight in Maharishi Ayurveda is that consciousness is primary, and matter is secondary. We are not chemical machines that have somehow learned to think, and consciousness has thus arisen. Instead, what basically exists is a field of consciousness, and it is from there that matter is created - including our bodies. Therefore, the most important thing for all health, happiness and success is to develop consciousness, both our individual consciousness and the collective consciousness - for example through meditation (TM in my case) and yoga.