--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh, goody! > > This means -- what? -- another 30 to 40 initiations a year! > >
30-40? I admire your optimism. > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" > <babajii_99@> 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 > > >
