Subject: Bush and Kerry cannot safeguard the nation

His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi declared this week that every government can now safeguard its people and rise to invincibility through the science and technology of the Unified Field. However, Maharishi cautioned, neither U.S. President George Bush nor Senator John Kerry possess the administrative expertise to make America safe. Only Dr. John Hagelin, world-renowned quantum physicist and President of the US Peace Government, has the knowledge and technology to make the nation invincible and promote permanent peace and prosperity in the world.

"The world press is making a big fuss over the two candidates during the election," Maharishi said. "But the truth is, it doesn’t matter which man becomes president because neither candidate has the ability to raise the safety and security of the nation to the level of invincibility. Dr. Hagelin is the only one in the world who can do that."

Maharishi’s message to the American people came during his October 6 global news conference, which was broadcast live via satellite, Internet webcast, and teleconference call from the Capital of the Global Country of World Peace in Meru, Holland. Maharishi will hold his next global news conferences on October 13 and 14.

Maharishi dismissed the prevailing notion that money is the key to successful government. "It is childish to think that money can administer the nation. It is not money—it is the mind of the people that creates the strength or weakness of the nation. That is why we say, ‘administration through education.’"

Maharishi said education should enliven the full creative intelligence of total Natural Law in the mind of every student. "Total Natural Law administers the universe with perfect order," Maharishi said. "The goal of education should be to awaken total Natural Law within the awareness of every individual so that cosmic creative intelligence is displayed in his every thought, speech, and action. This is the basis for a mistake-free life—and prevention-oriented, problem-free administration.’"

Maharishi announced that Vedic universities and colleges—as well as primary, middle, and secondary schools—are now being established in every country to provide total knowledge to every level of society to raise the whole population to enlightenment and create permanent world peace.

In response to a press question, Maharishi said that the president of a country cannot safeguard the nation. The only way to make a nation invincible, Maharishi explained, is to create coherent collective consciousness. Maharishi cited the Meissner Effect in physics, which states that internally coherent systems possess the ability to repel external influences, while incoherent systems are easily penetrated by disorder from outside.

"Scientific research has proven that a group of 8,000 Yogic Flyers enlivens the Unified Field within their own self-referral consciousness and creates coherence and harmony in collective consciousness," Maharishi said. "With coherent collective consciousness, the government will be able to fulfil its parental role in the nation and bring satisfaction to all the people. It will remain in power and never be turned out of office."

In response to another press question about the current state of U.S. politics, Maharishi said America has forsaken the guidance of its founders—and, as a result, the nation is now deeply divided. "America’s founding president warned the people to stay away from political parties because they would divide the country against itself and destroy the integrity of the nation. But America ignored his advice, and now the nation is being torn apart by partisan politics," Maharishi said.

Maharishi also warned America about its destructive policies. "‘As you sow, so shall you reap,’" Maharishi said. "The destroyer will be destroyed. America must wake up to the consequences of its actions."

Maharishi concluded by reassuring the press that despite the destructive trends around the globe, the knowledge is now available to transform the world—no matter what the people may believe. "Believe it or not, when the sun rises in the morning, the darkness of the night must disappear. In the same way, when groups of Yogic Flyers radiate peace throughout the world, the waves of destruction must disappear," Maharishi said. "The knowledge to create invincibility is real. It has been sung in the holy scriptures of every religion, it is presented in the textbooks of all physical sciences, and it is available to everyone in his own Transcendental Consciousness—Atma—through the Vedic science of consciousness. With the blessings of the most enlightened tradition of Vedic masters, we have the knowledge to stop all barbaric behaviour in the world. Now every individual and all governments have a choice: Continue to suffer in darkness or come and enjoy the light."