Maharishi's global press conference, Wednesday 3 July 2002

Dismissing the world's leaders as displaying "children's intelligence", and declaring modern education to be responsible for the perilous wave of global terrorism, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi today called for "a profound new approach to education that will promote a more competent generation of leaders and usher in a new era of peace and prosperity."
And in a special message directed G-8 leaders following their summit in Canada, where they were looking for ways to prevent terrorism, Maharishi offered his Vedic Science of Administration to bring every nation into accord with Natural Law. He said that the same Natural Law that administers the universe without a problem can be harnessed to peacefully stop crime and terrorism in the world.

However, Maharishi said, he held out little hope of these leaders accepting his offer.

The reason: The stressful life of every head of state, combined with their lack of advanced scientific knowledge, have produced government leaders who are incompetent to understand the new solutions required to address global problems.

"I have been informing leaders for the past 10 or 20 years of these solutions-how to bring their governments into accord with Natural Law-but now I am convinced that it is a waste of time. These leaders, with their stressful lives, have what neuroscientists call 'functional holes' in their brains. Their brains do not function properly so they cannot understand this knowledge."

Maharishi said that another problem is that the leaders are not scientists. "Their education did not include the most up-to-date knowledge of the ultimate reality of life-the Unified Field of Natural Law-nor did it include the knowledge of how apply the Unified Field to create peace and harmony in the world."

"No one, no human intellect, is competent to put everyone on the path of evolution, where no one makes mistakes and no one commits a crime. Only Natural Law, the Constitution of the Universe, which promotes the evolution of everything in the ever-expanding universe, can do that."

Maharishi said that modern education is the cause of problems of crime and terrorism because it fails to enliven "Total Natural Law" in a student's awareness and to promote spontaneously fulfilling, life-supporting behaviour.

"The secret of successful government is Vedic administration through Vedic education-education that develops the full, cosmic potential of the student and brings life into accord with Natural Law, the Will of God," Maharishi said.

Maharishi called on G-8 leaders and other heads of state to allocate one class period a day in their educational systems for students to practise Transcendental Meditation, its advanced techniques, and Yogic Flying. This, he said, will "maintain a very high level of coherence in the country, so that no negativity will emerge in society and the government will not be required to punish anyone."

However, Maharishi said that he will no longer wait for a response from government leaders. "If they respond, that is fine, but I am going ahead on my own to create the peaceful effect in the world."

Maharishi is establishing several large groups around the globe of "Vedic Pandits"-experts in the Vedic science of reducing social stress and creating coherence in collective consciousness. These experts will practise Vedic Yagyas, Transcendental Meditation, and Yogic Flying to create positivity, peace, and harmony in the family of nations.

With the "intense influence of coherence" produced by these groups, "all problems will simply disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light," Maharishi said.

Maharishi's global press conference, Wednesday 3 July 2002

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