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Iraq. Orange alert. Violent crime. Recession. Lexington is in the grip of an epidemic of traumatic stress. Now, a group of community leaders in the city will inaugurate a 20,000 sq. ft. Peace Palace dedicated entirely to bringing relief to the stressed population of the city and promoting peace for a turbulent world.

The announcement comes from Tom Linner, administrator of the new Peace Palace, which is the first of nearly 200 Peace Palaces planned for the United States and 3,000 worldwide.

The inauguration of the facility will be held on Monday, April 14, 1:00 p.m., on the UK Coldstream Research Campus, 1537 Bull Lea Road. Speakers will include Mr. Linner,
Mr. Chandrakant Jani, Vedic expert; Sue Weller, architectural consultant; Dr. Richard Knittel, inventor; and D. Edwards Smith, M.D., rheumatologist. Highlighting the inauguration will be a special videotaped message on the role of the Peace Palace by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the worldwide Transcendental Meditation movement.

Mr. Linner says that the Peace Palace will be the center for a permanent group of 100 to 200 professionally trained, peace-creating experts who will practice Transcendental Meditation and its advanced programs. The peaceful influence of the group, Mr. Linner said, will transform the city, reducing crime, violence, and conflict overnight.

Mr. Linner said that extensive scientific research, published in the world’s top journals, demonstrates that group practice of Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying reduce the acute social stress that fuels crime and violence—while promoting harmony and peace throughout society.

The Peace Palace will also offer courses in Maharishi’s natural law-based programs in health care to prevent illness and promote health; in education to promote the total brain functioning and the full creative potential of the student; and in crime prevention to neutralize the social stress that drives violence in the city and nation. The Peace Palace is built according to the peace-promoting design principles of Vedic architecture in harmony with Natural Law.

"The world will be different with these centers of peace," Maharishi said during a recent international news conference. "I encourage all the well-wishers of the city who want a better country to support the Peace Palace and quickly establish a group of 100-200 peace-creating experts."