> The conference was also addressed, by a video link > from America, by > Dr. John Hagelin, a Stanford educated physicist and > twice-failed > U.S. presidential candidate.
A Dartmouth College/Harvard University educated physicist and THRICE-failed U.S. presidential candidate. I did my daily program with John at the Cambridge center during his Harvard years and voted for him for president all three times. How many more inaccuracies are in this article? --- eloigne24 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, IRELAND, 15 May 2005 > > THE LOTUS POSITION ON WORLD PEACE > > A meditation guru is to set up a "peace government" > off the Mayo > coast, writes > Donal Lynch > > At Press conference held in the RDS [Royal Dublin > Society] last > Friday, members of The Global Country of World > Peace, a group > founded by transcendental meditation guru Maharishi > Mahesh Yogi, > announced that it has purchased Inishraher Island, > off the coast of > Mayo, with the intention of founding an > International Peace Centre. > > The 30 acre island was sold to the group "at a keen > price" by local > Colm Cronin, who has had an interest in the > Maharishi’s teachings > for years. > > Transcendental meditation, which formed a distinct > strand of Sixties > subculture after being adopted by the Beatles, has > many acknowledged > health benefits for the individual. However, > Friday's press > conference was mostly dominated by discussion of its > effects on > political stability. > > The Global Country of World Peace - described by the > Raja of > England, Dr. Peter Warburton, as an "omnipresent > country without > borders" - aims to promote "the peace and prosperity > of every > individual and every nation" through transcendental > meditation and > the observance of natural law. He said that > Ireland has always > stood fast behind the principles of natural law and, > to some bemused > smiles, added that this country was "a shining > example to other > nations" > > While some of his followers in the audience listened > with their eyes > closed, he added that the group aimed "to bring > invincibility to > Ireland and through this to bring invincibility to > the world". > > The conference was also addressed, by a video link > from America, by > Dr. John Hagelin, a Stanford educated physicist and > twice-failed > U.S. presidential candidate. After congratulating > Ireland on the > establishment of the Peace Government of Ireland > (the Irish Branch > of the Global Country of World Peace), he said that > Maharishi's > teachings were particularly relevant today because > of the ever- > present threat of terrorism. > > He said that "knowledge of the administration of > natural law can, > quite literally, raise a nation to a level of > absolute security". > > Doctor Joe Hayden, President of the Peace Government > of Ireland, > said Ireland was suitable for the project because of > its history of > neutrality and peace keeping. > > Quoting former Minister for External Affairs, Seán > McBride he said > that "peace has to be the desperate imperative of > mankind". He > added that the group hoped to run the proposed > centre - to be known > as the Maharishi Peace Palace - along the lines of > the Maharishi's > teachings by promoting Ayurveda health care (a > system based on the > preservation of health). > > In addition to the proposed centre in Mayo the group > has offices in > Dublin, and in time, intends to found centres > throughout Ireland. > These will be funded by the educational courses to > be held in the > centre as well as donations by private benefactors. > > Dr. Donn Brennan, the eminent Irish exponent of > Ayurveda will give a > talk tomorrow evening in the Kingston Hotel, Dun > Laoghaire, Dublin > at 7.30 p.m. Admission Euros 10. > > ENDS > ......... > > Excerpts from two more articles: > > THE IRISH INDEPENDENT, IRELAND, 14 May 2005 > > ISLAND'S "YOGIC FLYERS" WILL EASE ALL OUR WORRIES > > By Breda Heffernan > > Such is the mind power of the "yogic flyers" who > will soon call > Inishraher Island in Clew Bay home, this country > need never worry > about incoming nuclear missiles, according to the > followers of an > Indian mystic. > > The island was named as a Maharishi Capital of the > Global Country of > World Peace at a ceremony this week. Followers of > the spiritual > leader Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - who introduced the > West and the > Beatles to transcendental meditation - are to submit > plans to Mayo > County Council to build a "Peace Palace" on the 30 > acre island. > > At a news briefing in the RDS in Dublin yesterday, > His Highness the > Raja of England, Dr. Peter Warburton, said Ireland > would > be "invincible" thanks to the intervention of his > band of yogic > flyers. > > The Peace Palace would be home to a "Vedic" > university where > students from around the world would study the > powers of > consciousness. > > Bertie Ahern's life would be made easier once the > good vibrations > began emanating from Inishraher, he said. … > > He added: "The Government of Ireland will be > raised to > invincibility and enjoy a level of success they have > not known > before". > > The Raja, who was led into the RDS by a lone > Scottish piper, said he > realises that modern Ireland might not be ready for > his brand of > spirituality but believes persistence is the key. > > The group remained tight-lipped about how much the > island cost > saying they got it at a "special rate" as people in > the area agreed > with their ideas for it. > > ENDS > ......... > > THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST, IRELAND, 15 May 2005 > > Column: Last Post edited by Fiona Ness > > PASSPORT TO INISHRAHER > > Last Post… [received] an invitation last week from > His Highness > the Raja of England, one Dr. Peter Warburton, > informing us of the > designation of Inishraher, a small privately-owned > island in Mayo, > as a 'Maharishi Capital of the Global Country of > World Peace'. > > This borderless country was apparently established > in 2000, and is > governed by His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. > > His Holiness aims to promote 'enlightenment to every > individual and > invincibility to every nation' by, among other > things, establishing > groups of yogic fliers around the world. The country > even has its > own currency, the Raam--now on limited availability > in the > Netherlands at the neat conversion rate of €10 =1 > Raam. > > Inishraher is owned by Colm and Dolores Cronin, and > is under the > care of Johnnie McGough of Castlebar, who, perhaps > not so > coincidentally, studied Ayurvedic cooking at the > Maharishi Vedic > Medical Centre in Boone, North Carolina. An > international education > centre is to be established on the island as part of > the effort to > attain permanent world peace. > > ENDS > ......... > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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