Links to some fascinating reports on Maharishi's world peace initiative; details of this week's press conferences; and press release on Maharishi's call for top scientists to administer nations

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NETHERLANDS TV: A wonderful 5 minute TV report on the Raam currency and Maharishi's plan to eliminate poverty and create world peace appeared on Dutch TV. It contains video clips of Maharishi and an excellent short interview with H.E. Dr Benjamin Feldman and Dr Jacques Uijen.

INDIA: Two of the articles in India were co-authored by high-ranking members of the Indian military who support Maharishi's approach to creating permanent world peace. These are excellent analyses of the world situation and how Maharishi's programmes offer a real solution in the fight against terrorism in Kashmir and elsewhere. http://mou.org/media/articles/2002_11_13_india.html http://www.indianarmedforces.com/drl/fti.htm

LEBANON: An excellent piece in The Daily Star, the leading English language newspaper in Lebanon, on 8 November 2002, reported on the visit of His Majesty Raja Raam during the recent Francophone summit. Article entitiled: ‘King of the world’ preaches peace through ‘yogic flying’

TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE: Every week Maharishi's press conferences go deeper into the knowledge and programmes that will alleviate poverty, promote a balanced global economy, and create world peace.

Don't miss today's event at 4pm GMT. Press statement and invitation follow, including details how to connect. Replays available at www.MOU.org

WITH GOVERNMENTS FAILING, MAHARISHI URGES TOP SCIENTISTS TO ADMINISTER NATIONS

(19 November 2002) Governments today are a mockery of administration - they deceive the trust of the people and deprive them of their birthright to enjoy their full creative potential. Only a new science of administration based on the total knowledge of Natural Law, which administers the infinite diversity of the universe with perfect order, is capable of satisfying all the people and creating a new world order of affluence and peace.

This was the message of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the Global Country of World Peace, during his weekly global news conference held on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, and broadcast live via satellite, Internet webcast, and teleconference call.

Maharishi said that the administration of every nation today is in the hands of childish intelligence, immature minds, with a low-level understanding of life.

Instead, Maharishi said, administration should be in the hands of "expert intelligence. It shouldn't be based on senseless popular votes." And he called on leading scientists in every country who have the complete, scientific knowledge of Natural Law to take responsibility for creating successful administration in their own areas of expertise. "Science should not be a witness to the sinking ship of administrations everywhere," Maharishi added.

Maharishi asked His Excellency Dr John Hagelin, world-renowned quantum physicist and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace, to be a "guiding light" for these top scientists in creating prevention-oriented, problem-free administration in every country. Maharishi said such ideal administration will complement, not compete with, existing systems of government.

"Dr Hagelin is a top scientist in the field of physics and in the field of consciousness. Such men of intelligence should spearhead the administration in every country," Maharishi said.

To train future world leaders, Maharishi Universities of World Peace are being established in every country. "These universities will create leaders with fully developed minds who possess the knowledge of the supreme organising intelligence of Natural Law," Maharishi said. "They will apply this knowledge to raise manmade constitutions to the supreme level of efficiency and effectiveness of the Constitution of the Universe, Total Natural Law."

Maharishi said that the ideal system of administration - Vedic administration - is being offered to the world by His Majesty Raja Raam, the First Ruler of the Global Country of World Peace.

"His Majesty Raja Raam has initiated an ideal administration to bring fulfilment to every area of society based on his discoveries in human physiology," Maharishi said. "His research has revealed that every physical expression in the universe is just the expression of consciousness. The world is very fortunate to have such a great scientist introduce this complete, scientific knowledge of ideal administration for every nation."

The Global Country of World Peace was established two years ago by Maharishi as "a country without borders for peace-loving people everywhere". The Global Country of World Peace provides governments with the knowledge and technologies of Total Natural Law to promote prevention-oriented, problem-free administration.

The Global Country of World Peace is implementing Maharishi's programme to create world peace. The plan calls for establishing several large peace-creating groups of 8,000 experts in Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying throughout the world, including one larger group of up to 40,000 experts in India.

The plan also includes building 3,000 Peace Palaces in the world's largest 3,000 cities, including 51 in the UK. Each Peace Palace will be home to a group of 100 to 200 Yogic Flyers.

Extensive research, published in leading, peer-reviewed scientific journals during the past 30 years, has demonstrated that the coherent influence generated by these large groups eliminates the acute social stress that fuels terrorism and warfare, and promotes peace and harmony in the whole world family.

Maharishi concluded the news conference by emphasising the concrete nature of his global programme.

"We are not extending hope for a better world - we are creating a better world," Maharishi said. "We are ensuring that the life of the individual and society will always be administered by that supreme intelligence of Natural Law - the Divine Will of God - which administers the infinite diversity of the universe with perfect order. The future of the world is very, very bright."