(3 December 2003) Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi issued a strongly worded message to world leaders to follow the leadership of His Majesty Raja Raam, First Ruler of the Global Country of World Peace, and establish large groups of peace-creating experts in their countries to promote coherent national consciousness – the basis of prevention-oriented, problem-free administration and invincibility for every nation.

Maharishi said the need for such groups is urgent in a world where no nation can defend itself from enemies that cannot be seen, or from missiles that can turn society to ashes. "If there is to be a tomorrow, it will not come from the destructive policies of current governments. It will only come from His Majesty Raja Raam’s generous policy of creating coherent world consciousness so that negative trends do not arise anywhere in any nation," Maharishi said.

Maharishi’s message came during his global news conference on Wednesday, 26 November, which was broadcast live via satellite and Internet webcast from the Capital of the Global Country of World Peace in Meru, Holland. Maharishi’s next news conferences will be held 3 and 4 December.

Maharishi announced rapid progress in his plan to establish Peace Governments in 108 countries. His Majesty Raja Raam is now appointing leading scientists in these countries to serve as presidents of the Peace Governments, and each president is appointing vice presidents and provincial governors. The Peace Governments are establishing:

• UNIVERSITIES OF WORLD PEACE in 108 countries, with groups of a few hundred to a few thousand students who will practise Yogic Flying to create coherent national consciousness. "These coherence-creating groups of Yogic Flyers will engage total Natural Law – which administers the universe with perfect order – to work for the nation to create prevention-oriented, problem-free, automatic administration," Maharishi said.

• 3,000 Peace Palaces in the world’s largest 3000 cities, including 51 cities in the UK. Each Peace Palace will be a centre for a group of 100 to 200 peace-creating experts. It will also offer Consciousness-Based approaches to education, health care, economics, political science, administration, defence, agriculture, and architecture and city planning. "Each Peace Palace will be a centre for perfect health, enlightenment, and peace for the whole population," Maharishi said.

• POVERTY REMOVAL PROGRAMMES in the world’s poorest countries to eliminate poverty and promote invincibility for these nations. The programme calls for the cultivation of unused land with agricultural potential in these countries to grow organic food. Profits from the sale of this pure food will finance local schools, colleges, and universities that offer Consciousness-Based education to promote higher consciousness, as well as health clinics that offer Consciousness-Based health care to promote perfect health. Profits will also provide scholarships for peace-creating students.

Start-up costs for this programme will be provided by liberal use of His Majesty Raja Raam’s global development currency, the Raam. The development currency will not be a loan or aid from the Global Country of World Peace, but instead will be provided "from one country to another country like members of a global family", Maharishi said.

His Majesty Raja Raam is the world’s foremost scientist who discovered that the human physiology is the expression of the Unified Field of Natural Law – the field of consciousness. His discovery revealed that every individual has cosmic potential, which can be enlivened through Consciousness-Based programmes – including Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying – to promote higher states of consciousness for the individual and peace in the world.

In answer to a press question, Maharishi explained that the reason people face problems and suffering in life is because they have not been properly educated. "But now that we know how to handle all the physical values of life from their basis in the field of consciousness, it is simple for us to culture life to be mistake-free and problem-free. And with Consciousness-Based education, we will make it permanent," Maharishi said.

Maharishi concluded by declaring that a better world is dawning. "Fifty years of experience teaching Transcendental Meditation to millions of people throughout the world, hundreds of scientific research studies, and validation from theories of both modern science and ancient Vedic science confirm that our undertaking is right," Maharishi said. "Our goal is in sight – and within a few months, we will have a better world."