Bush has made America a laughingstock in the world

(3 December 2002) His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi voiced strong support for Dr John Hagelin, world-renowned quantum physicist, to be the next president of the United States, saying that he will restore America's dignity in the world, and lead the family of nations out of problems.

Maharishi's comments came during his weekly global news conference held on Wednesday, 27 November 2002. The news conference was broadcast live via satellite, Internet webcast, and teleconference call. Maharishi's next news conferences will be held on Wednesday, 4 December, and Thursday, 5 December. (See below for details.)

Maharishi also congratulated Dr Hagelin on his global initiative to establish "rule by the competent" - and thereby end the legacy of small-minded, incompetent government leaders who are creating a mess of the world. Dr Hagelin is inspiring top scientists in every nation with knowledge of the physical sciences and science of Consciousness to apply their scientific knowledge of Natural Law to create problem-free, prevention-oriented government. "Dr Hagelin will make the US government and every other government sensible," Maharishi said.

Dr Hagelin was the presidential nominee of the Natural Law Party during the 2000 election and now serves as the Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace.

Maharishi had strong words for US President Bush, saying that Bush's public statements have made America a "laughingstock" in the world. Maharishi also termed Bush's constant threats to destroy those who disagree with him as "a wild and dangerous attitude from an illiterate man who is far, far away from science".

Maharishi said that the old problem-ridden world will rise in affluence and peace when Dr Hagelin is president of the United States. "Instead of the current president who says, 'This is my

America, and I will destroy everyone,' Dr Hagelin will say, 'This is my America, and this is my world, and I will support everyone.'"

Maharishi added that governments in every country should be in the hands of leading scientists - knowledgeable about Natural Law from both the physical sciences and from the science of Consciousness, available in the ancient Vedic literature. Dr. Hagelin has also probed into the deepest levels of Nature's functioning from the angle of modern Physics and has seen that all the physical expressions on the surface of life are administered with perfect order by the abstract, unifying intelligence of Total Natural Law - the field of consciousness.

In response to a reporter's question about the wisdom of giving scientists the reigns of power, since modern science has been responsible for many of the world's problems, Maharishi replied, "Gaining knowledge is a scientific procedure - but utilising that knowledge for either negative or positive purposes is society's free will. The systematic discovery of Natural Law through science is good, but the misuse of that scientific knowledge by politicians is damaging to the dignity of science."

Maharishi said scientists should follow the lead of Dr Hagelin and gain the complete knowledge of the Unified Field of Natural Law available in the Vedic Science of Consciousness. "Scientific investigation into Natural Law reaches its climax in Vedic science with the discovery that human consciousness, on its own unified level, is the custodian of the infinite diversity of the universe."

Maharishi said that his Vedic technologies of consciousness enliven Natural Law in individual and collective consciousness, bringing every individual's thought and action spontaneously into accord with Natural Law and raising the life of the nation above the reach of problems and conflict.

"Vedic science will provide scientists with the knowledge and technologies to serve successfully as advisors to governments - or to take over the administration of their nations," Maharishi said.

Maharishi then outlined his global programme to enliven Total Natural Law in world consciousness. The plan calls for establishing several large groups of 8,000 Yogic Flyers across the globe, including one larger group of 40,000 experts in India. In addition, 3,000 Peace Palaces will be built 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 large coherence-creating groups effectively neutralise the acute ethnic, religious, and political tensions that fuel violence and conflict, promoting peace and harmony in the world family.

The news conference was held one day before Thanksgiving was celebrated in America, and Maharishi delivered a special message to commemorate the day.

"America has a tradition of being thankful to God, who is all-merciful and whose design is for all mankind to be healthy, happy and peaceful. We are thankful to God because every individual is endowed with a brain physiology that can enliven cosmic creative intelligence - total Natural Law - within. And we are thankful to God for giving us the right inspiration and the right procedures to establish that supreme level of collective consciousness, which will spontaneously create problem-free, mistake-free life everywhere. It is possible to do it, and we are going to do it. It will be a great joy for the press to report that it is done."