(1 July 2003) The new US Peace Government will create harmony in national consciousness and peacefully put an end to America’s destructive tendencies, which threaten the family of nations. This dramatic transformation will not come from endless, divisive discussions within the existing government. Rather, it will come from groups of peace-creating experts in Washington, D.C., and in major cities throughout the country who will enliven the field of unity at the basis of life and promote balance in the administration of the nation.

This was the message delivered to the press by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during his weekly global news conference held on Wednesday, 25 June, and broadcast live via satellite, Internet webcast, and teleconference call. Maharishi’s next news conferences will be held on 2 and
3 July.

Dr John Hagelin will officially launch the US Peace Government during an international news conference at the historic Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, 2 July, at 10 a.m. (EDT), 3p.m. (BST). The launch will be held one hour prior to Maharishi’s global news conference, and will also be broadcast live internationally. Dr Hagelin is a world-renowned quantum physicist, Natural Law Party presidential candidate in 2000, and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace.

The US Peace Government is being established to promote scientifically proven programmes to effectively prevent problems ─ in health care, education, defence, economy, energy, agriculture, and the environment. It will not usurp the responsibilities of the existing government, which is primarily concerned with crisis management.

The US Peace Government’s peace plan calls for establishing several groups of 100 to 200 peace-creating experts throughout Washington, D.C., as well as similar groups in the capital city of every state and in every other major city in the country. These experts will practise Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying morning and evening to promote their own peace, happiness, and success. And, as a side benefit for society, they will radiate a powerful influence of coherence and harmony throughout the city, state, nation, and world.

Maharishi explained that there are already many groups in Washington, such as the Senate and House of Representatives, that administer different aspects of national life. "Now, there will be groups of people who will dive deep into the Unified Field ─ their own Transcendental Consciousness ─ to enliven unity in the midst of diversity," Maharishi said. "Then diversity ─ differences ─ will no longer lead to dissension. Then administration will be balanced and the nation will be a beautiful mosaic of differences."

Maharishi said that the practice of such technologies of consciousness is the responsibility of every citizen. "It is not enough for a citizen to simply vote for a president, a governor, or mayor every four years," Maharishi said. "They should also practise Transcendental Meditation to develop their total brain physiology and promote positivity in the nation."

Maharishi emphasised that his approach is not new. "We have been teaching Transcendental Meditation to millions of people throughout the world for nearly 50 years. The theory is profound, the practice is simple ─ and the results have been verified by hundreds of scientific studies."

Maharishi said that the establishment of the US Peace Government will bring fulfilment to the aspiration of the Global Country of World Peace "to promote a new world of affluence and peace". The Global Country of World Peace was founded by Maharishi in October 2000 as a nation without borders for peace-loving people everywhere. The Global Country of World Peace is offering to every government coherent national consciousness, which will create prevention-oriented, problem-free administration in every nation ─ the basis of permanent peace on earth.

"The Peace Government is rising naturally to bring an end to destructive tendencies in the world. The individual will gain, society will gain, the nation will gain, and the world will gain," Maharishi said. "I am reminded of an American expression: It is a ‘win-win’ situation for everyone."