Press release summarising Maharishi's powerful message during his global press conference on 17 July 2002
GLOBAL COUNTRY OF WORLD PEACE
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- PRESS CONFERENCE REPORT -
MAHARISHI ADMONISHES BUSH,
THE POPE, AND MODERN EDUCATION
Says American corporate scandals reveal deep flaws of capitalism
Showcases Vedic knowledge as means to stop conflict, promote peace
(19 JULY 2002) With the safety and security of the world imperilled
by the destructive policies of war-mongering nations, His Holiness
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi powerfully repeated his pledge made last
week to personally create world peace, saying, "We can't be a silent
witness to the sinking ship. We have the power to save the ship of
life from sinking into disaster."
Maharishi's announcement came during a candid and wide-ranging
global news conference on 17 July that was broadcast live from Meru,
Holland, via satellite, Internet webcast, and teleconference.
While acknowledging that his nature is not to criticise, Maharishi
nonetheless offered frank assessments of US President
George W. Bush, the Pope, and also modern educational systems
that produce criminal minds.
Maharishi's opening remarks were brief. He pointed out the inherent
flaws of "humanly conceived constitutions with their human
weaknesses and failings" which lead to problem-ridden administrations,
and contrasted them with the "God-made constitution" which governs
the ever-expanding universe with perfect order and without a problem.
A group in every country
"From the Vedic Tradition of India we have the knowledge and
technologies to enliven the deepest level of Nature's functioning - the
Unified Field of Natural Law, the Will of God - to raise the
administration of every nation to the level of the supreme
efficiency and effectiveness of the God-made constitution,"
Maharishi said.
The formula for governments is simple. "Every country must have
a large group of Vedic experts in the Transcendental Meditation
and TM-Sidhi programme, including Yogic Flying," Maharishi said.
"Research shows that through their daily performance these
experts will eliminate acute societal stress-the underlying cause
of conflict-and create coherence in world consciousness."
Emphasising the global nature of his peace effort, Maharishi said
that if even one country remained stressed and without a
coherence-creating group, then world peace would be shaken -
"like a small thorn throws off the balance of the entire body".
Maharishi also announced the availability of World Peace Bonds
to fund the groups. "These bonds may be of particular interest to
individuals, corporations, and pension funds who would buy the
bonds, earn interest on their investment and create peace."
(See www.globalcountry.org.)
"Bush is an ignorant man"
From the first question, Maharishi made apparent his dissatisfaction
with President Bush and his policies of destruction. "I see him as
an ignorant man, who knows nothing of science or reason or religion,"
Maharishi said. "That great country is being led to destroy the world
by very wrong sentiments."
Maharishi said that Bush and his advisors should look to the teachings of their religions to see the consequences of their policies of destruction - and then he offered his own counsel.
"Every religion has heaven and hell. Every religion says that killing is a sin. Sinners go to hell; only the virtuous go to heaven. The destroyers of the world can create ashes of human society, but they cannot escape the door of hell. Everyone has to pass away, but until he does, he's advised to do right things-help thy neighbour and relieve the suffering of others. It's a grave misunderstanding that the present destroyers think they are going to heaven."
"I have forgotten about Israel"
To a question about the Middle East and whether Maharishi planned
any humanitarian gestures to create a group in Israel, Maharishi
was equally direct: "Israel is a child of America. I have forgotten
about Israel because when people are murderers, who can bother
about them? All that is happening in Israel is the doing of America.
Wherever there is destruction, it's the doing of America. For the
sake of politeness, one may not say that, but those are my thoughts."
America's corporate scandals
Maharishi commented on the rash of scandals and bankruptcies
in corporate America, and targeted capitalism, which, he said,
makes personal gain the sole motivator in life. "There is so much
fraud in the way money is earned in a capitalist country - it's quite
ugly. And they are all involved in it-the president, the vice president - they are all involved. It's a big muddle."
But when asked what would happen to business dealings when
a large group of coherence-creating Vedic experts is established
in America, Maharishi offered an entirely different picture.
"Nothing wrong will sprout. Deceiving others will be absent. Harming
others will be absent. Money mongering makes a man blind - it's such
great ignorance. One can be in the darkness and break one's head
or knees, but all that will come to an end with the onset of light.
We will bring the light."
The Pope
Maharishi was asked whether he would join forces with those
who advocate prayer to create peace. "There is nothing in the
world to compare with Transcendental Meditation," he said,
adding "We have heard the champions of prayer and the apologies
of the Pope. They are praying to God to be excused for the misery
and destruction and impurity that their organisation has created
throughout the ages. They are not peace-promoters. This is not
the kind of prayer that we teach."
Total brain functioning
Maharishi returned to the issue of violence, and cited inadequacies
in modern education worldwide as the cause of crime and terrorism
sweeping the globe.
"Education has been very damaging to life. You educate your
children in a haphazard way and don't train them to use their full
brain, and then when they get older and they shoot someone on
the streets, you say, 'What is happening?' But it's your own
doing. How you educate the students is how they will behave in
society. The purpose of student life is to enliven the field of
cosmic intelligence which is Total Natural Law, total brain
functioning. The use of total brain functioning through Transcendental Meditation is real; it is not gossip, or a children's story to be cast aside."
Waking up the leaders
Maharishi reflected on his choice of words during the news
conference: "I know I am using strong words, but I have spoken
enough soft words. When a man is asleep and you want to
wake him up, you gently move him. If he still doesn't wake,
you have to shake him harder. After speaking gently for so
many years, now I have to shake the leaders and warn them:
'You are opening the gate to hell for yourselves-and for all your
supporters.'"
Convincing individuals and nations
Maharishi revealed what lies ahead in his effort to create
permanent peace: "I started the Transcendental Meditation
movement all by myself; there was no second or third person.
I had to convince individuals in one country after another,
year after year. Now I have to do the same convincing, this
time with nations. I have created the Global Country of World
Peace, and many countries are coming to join the Global Country,
but the process is slow. I hope the press will take this message
of world peace far and wide, and very soon we will have groups
in every country."
Peace not based on the whims of the press
And while looking to the press to help deliver his message,
Maharishi questioned their autonomy, saying they are paid
to promote their governments. He also said that he is not
dependent on their assistance. "My success does not depend
on the press, even though I want the press to publicise good
things. But world peace is not going to depend on the whims
of the press. It'll be on the basis of the effectiveness of
coherence in world consciousness. "
Declaring that coherence in society is not an intellectual
concept, but something real, Maharishi said, "Coherence
produces a positive effect on the environment. Either you
walk into a dark room or a lighted room. Like that is the
effect of coherence."
Fulfilment of religious prayers is near
Maharishi concluded by answering a reporter who asked
whether the coherence-creating groups would bring fulfilment
to religious prophecies.
"The prayers of all religious groups will be fulfilled as world
consciousness becomes purer and purer. This is great news
for them-the time is coming for the fulfilment of their desires,
hopes, and prayers. The Will of God will be on earth as it is in
heaven. It doesn't matter what the world has been in the past.
We are bringing the light, and darkness will simply disappear.
Fulfilment can be seen at a distance, but it has come into vision.
Now it will come nearer and nearer," Maharishi said.
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Maharishi's next global news conference
Wednesday, 24 July 2002
4.00 p.m. BST (British Summer Time)
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