SUBJECT: Press statement about today's press conference in New York
For immediate release, from:
UNITED STATES PEACE GOVERNMENT
2000 Capital Boulevard, Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa 52556 USA +1-641-472-7285 • www.uspeacegovernment.org Contact: Steven Yellin, +1 641-470-1319
GLOBAL NEWS CONFERENCE
Friday, October 24, 11:00 a.m. (United Nations Day) Plaza Hotel, Petite Trianon, New York City (International media invited to send their New York correcpondent, or to call Steven Yellin to set up interviews with speakers: +1 641-470-1319)
SPEAKERS:
Excellent photo opportunity: Group meditation during news conference
— MEDIA ADVISORY —
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who 50 years ago introduced his Transcendental Meditation program to reduce individual stress, will introduce his meditation-based solution to urban stress and international conflict during a news conference at the Plaza Hotel, Petite Trianon, in New York City on Friday, October 24, 11:00 a.m. Maharishi will speak live via satellite from Holland.
Oscar-nominated film director David Lynch and award-winning choreographer Robert La Fosse will join top business leaders during the news conference to launch a $1 billion drive to build 100 Peace Palaces and a University of World Peace in the United States.
The press conference will be hosted by the "US Peace Government," which promotes prevention-oriented solutions to national problems, and its founding president Dr. John Hagelin, renowned quantum physicist and Natural Law/Reform Party presidential candidate in 2000.
Designs for Peace Palaces in Manhattan and Long Island will be unveiled during the event.
Dr. Hagelin says that Peace Palaces will serve as "oases of peace" for America’s stress-ridden cities. Each Peace Palace will provide a center for 100 peace-creating meditation experts who will reduce societal stress and promote coherence nationwide. The Peace Palaces will also offer prevention-oriented community outreach programs in businesses, schools, hospitals, and prisons.
The news conference will be first time Maharishi has addressed the New York press in 25 years. Transcendental Meditation is practiced by six million people of all ages and religions and is prescribed by medical doctors worldwide to reduce heart disease, hypertension, and stroke. The National Institutes of Health have granted over $20 million to study the benefits of TM on cardiovascular disease. Transcendental Meditation is also used in society as a whole to reduce crime, violence, and conflict. FACTS about the US Peace Government www.uspeacegovernment.org
Founded: July 2, 2003, in Washington, D.C. President: John Hagelin, Ph.D., renowned quantum physicist and Natural Law/Reform Party presidential candidate in 2000 Cabinet: Four hundred of America’s top scientists, educators, medical doctors, policymakers, representing all 50 states. Role: To serve as a "complementary" government by promoting scientifically proven programs to effectively prevent problems—in health care, education, defense, economy, energy, agriculture, and the environment. It will not usurp the responsibilities of the existing government, which is primarily concerned with crisis management. Current initiative: To establish 100 U.S. Peace Palaces to serve as "oases of peace" for America’s stress-ridden cities. Each Peace Palace will be a center for 100 to 200 peace-creating experts who will reduce crime and violence and promote coherence and harmony across the nation. Purpose: To govern the country in the crucial area of national consciousness, by addressing and alleviating the acute social stress that fuels violence and conflict. By bringing the life of the people more into accord with Natural Law, the US Peace Government will prevent crime, improve health, and thus elevate the destiny of the nation.