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spirit. "The completely
contracted universe is God;
pure creative intelligence," Mr.
Brooks acknowledged. Poe
believed the universe undergoes
periodic contractions and
expansions. "This vision of his
of creative intelligence comes
very close to SCI," Mr. Brooks
remarked.

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The Science of Creative
Intelligence is closely related to
transcendental meditation.
"It's a demand for a coherent,
theoretical framework to
explain why TM works the way
it does," Mr. Wardwell said. He
maintained that SCI "studies
the source of all knowledge.
The source of all thought
locates all knowledge, so it can
locate all disciplines. It's an
inter-disciplinary approach to
knowledge – you see how the
creative potential is manifested
in different fields."

Through TM, one realizes
the source of all knowledge,
which enables a spontaneous
understanding of all disciplines.

"There's a general
consensus that there's too
many things to know, but
nothing has been done to
increase the capacity to learn,"
Mrs. Stallings asserted. "This is
why we're looking forward to
the times when SCI will be
used to do this. It focuses on
the development of the mind."