Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute 45 A Qualitative Exploration of Support of Nature as a Tool of Management Stan Kendz and Dennis Heaton ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Citation: Kendz, S., & Heaton, D. (2017). A qualitative exploration of support of nature as a tool of management. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, 4, 45-73. Corresponding author: Dr Dennis Heaton, E. dheaton21@gmail.com © 2017 Maharishi Vedic Research Institute ____________________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has explained that with ǮSupport of Natureǯ individuals find desires and wishes are fulfilled in a way that seems to be caused by fortunate coincidences—that circumstances come about without their direct action, to fulfil their desires. Maharishi has extolled Support of Nature as a consciousness-based management tool to Ǯdo less and accomplish moreǯ in fulfilling personal desires and professional goals; Support of Nature, Maharishi has said, can be cultivated through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Subjects who were long-term, twice-daily practitioners of this program who were residing in Fairfield, Iowa were selected to partake in qualitative, semi-structured interviews about their personal experiences of more effortless fulfillment of desires. Six of the 18 subjects were senior executive officers (SEO) of the international Transcendental Meditation program. The remaining 12 were active participants of the Invincible America Assembly, an organization founded by Maharishi to establish world peace. All subjects reported experiences of Support of Nature and that the frequency, timeliness, and meaningfulness of fulfillment of desires had