Oh, goody! This means -- what? -- another 30 to 40 initiations a year!
--- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS > > Maharishi Mahesh Yogi reopens > his Transcendental Meditation Centres > throughout the UK > > `My leaders will resume their national services immediately and raise > Great Britain to the height of great Invincibility.' > > London, Friday 27 July 2007:- > His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the worldwide > Transcendental Meditation Movement, which has been active in the world > for over 50 years, has announced that he is lifting the ban on the > teaching of Transcendental Meditation (TM) in Great Britain. Maharishi > had imposed the ban in May 2005 when the population of the country > re-elected Tony Blair as Prime Minister and thereby perpetuated the > destructive policy of Britain in the world, including its leading role > in the war in Iraq. > > Maharishi closed British TM organisation in May 2005 > so as not to `feed nectar to the destroyer of the world' > > During an international press conference on 11 May 2005, Maharishi had > said: `I am withdrawing my activity from Britain because the island > has been so bold in continuously destroying the world and creating > divisions and dissensions in every nation, working on the principle of > `divide and rule'. When I heard that again the same destroyer of the > world had been re-elected by the people of England, I decided that I > am not going to feed Britain with the positive values that are > produced through Transcendental Meditation.' > > Maharishi referred to the extensive published scientific research on > Transcendental Meditation showing the wide ranging health benefits of > the practice, particularly a newly-published study showing that it > significantly increases longevity. (See: ) Maharishi said: `I don't > want to increase the lifespan of the destroyer of the world. British > policy has proved for many decades to be poison to the whole world.' > > Maharishi's historic initiative to raise whole nations to the level of > invincibility > > Maharishi emphasised that he did not want it to go down in history > that his Movement had fed the destroyers of the world. At that time, > Maharishi was adopting countries that were more positive in order to > make them invincible totally immune to negative through the > application of his scientifically validated programme to enhance > positive trends in society, based on group practice of Transcendental > Meditation and its advanced techniques, including Yogic Flying. > > `I cannot support long life and healthy life and more creativity for a > country that is constantly destroying the world. You cannot afford to > feed the scorpion, because a more healthy scorpion will have a > stronger sting. Transcendental Meditation is a gift of nectar from me > to those who want to create peace and harmony in the world.' > > Maharishi predicted at the time that the focus of his organisation on > raising positivity and invincibility in countries such as The > Netherlands, the USA, and India would help to raise coherence and > positivity in world consciousness as a whole a phenomenon already > demonstrated in over 40 published scientific studies over the past 30 > years. Maharishi explained that the negativity in British national > consciousness could only be neutralised from outside through this rise > in world consciousness. > > Maharishi acknowledged that although there were many peace-loving > people in Great Britain, the country as a whole had nonetheless > re-elected such a leadership, and this is why he had to deal with the > country in this way. However, now there has been a dramatic shift. > > Maharishi hears review of policies of new UK Government > > The trigger for Maharishi to reopen his organisation in Britain came > when he heard a review of the policies of the new Prime Minister, Mr > Gordon Brown, and his Government. These included the fact that one of > the first measures introduced by Mr Brown was to initiate a change of > Parliamentary procedures so that the Commons has a formal say on the > deployment of Armed Forces abroad, so that the Prime Minister could > not unilaterally take the country to war. > > Maharishi also heard excerpts from the speech of cabinet minister, > Douglas Alexander, the new Trade and Development Secretary, as > presented in Washington recently. In that speech, Mr Alexander had > said: `In the 20th century a country's might was too often measured in > what they could destroy. In the 21st century strength should be > measured by what we can build together. And so we must form new > alliances, based on common values, ones not just to protect us from > the world, but ones which reach out to the world. We need to > demonstrate by our deeds, words and our actions that we are > internationalist, not isolationist, multilateralist, not unilateralist.' > > Maharishi lifts all his reservations to make Britain invincible > > On hearing this and other positive developments since the change of > leadership in Westminster, Maharishi proclaimed that he was completely > releasing his hold on the activities of his organisation in Great > Britain. Maharishi said that he was lifting all his reservations to > make the country invincible, and that the teaching of Transcendental > Meditation could be offered again throughout the country. The 50 > Centres of Transcendental Meditation, which had been closed down in > May 2005 will now be reopened and their facilities improved. > > Maharishi saw the words and actions of the new Government as an > expression of the changed quality of national consciousness in Great > Britain, which had quietly resulted from the activities of his > organisation to raise coherence in world consciousness in recent > years. Maharishi felt that Britain is no longer shrouded by the > politics of war. `We feel that England has no barriers for positivity > any more,' he said. > > Raising Great Britain to the height of great invincibility > > Maharishi said that he is allowing all the leaders of his Movement in > Britain to resume their national services. Dr Geoffrey Clements will > be the National Leader of Maharishi's organisation in England; David > Rae will be the National Leader for Scotland; and Helen Evans will be > the National Leader for Wales. (In Northern Ireland, where Maharishi > never closed his Movement, Andrea Gribben, continues as National > Leader with her programme to make the country invincible.) > > Maharishi said that his leaders in Great Britain will `raise Great > Britain to the height of great invincibility'. Maharishi's National > Leaders will make available Transcendental Meditation and all of the > programmes of his global organisation, The Global Country of World > Peace, to lead every part of the UK to the level of invincibility -- > good health, social well-being, prosperity, freedom from crime, a > state of all positivity where negative trends will not arise within > the nation nor penetrate it from outside. See > > : and > > > TOWER OF INVINCIBILITY > > To mark the reopening of Maharishi's Movement in Britain, a Tower of > Invincibility with a Maharishi School of Invincibility will be > inaugurated this Sunday, 29 July, at a development near Ipswich in > Suffolk that is utilising all of Maharishi's programmes to create an > ideal quality of life -- see: Details of this event appear below. > > The Tower of Invincibility will be an historic monument for the nation > marking the dawn of an invincible country. The Maharishi Invincibility > School at the base of the Tower will be an example of ideal education > unfolding the full potential of every student and creating an > influence of harmony and positivity throughout society through the use > of Maharishi's programmes. It will follow in the footsteps of the > highly successful Maharishi School established in Skelmersdale, > Lancashire, in 1987 see: > > On Sunday, full moon day, representatives of the Global Country of > World Peace will perform ground-breaking ceremonies for a Tower of > Invincibility in over 150 countries to promote indomitable positivity > and harmony in the collective consciousness of each nation, and in the > world as a whole. > > World peace will be the natural result of Maharishi's programme to > create rising invincibility in the 192 countries of the world. Unless > every sovereign country is invincible in its own right, the > sovereignty of any nation will always remain fragile and world peace > will always be elusive. > > > Artist's illustration of the Tower of Invincibility > > Transcendental Meditation, founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi®, is a > programme for the Development of Consciousness which, in the UK, > is available only from Maharishi Foundation® registered educational > charity No. 270157. > > MAHARISHI FOUNDATION > Press Office, Tel: 020 8894 9229 >
