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- Seminar leaders call meditation key for schools - A held a seminar Wednesday in hopes of building a case for bringing Transcendental Meditation into Colorado Springs classrooms. (Transcendendal Meditaion practitioners tout studies they say show the technique reduces high blood pressure, increases creativity, boosts brain functioning and even is showing promise as an antidote for kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder The Gazette (Colorado Springs). Similar story in the Arizona Daily Star 20 April 06
- Brain Waves - Meditation Meets Science "Ryan Olson was nervous. With a room full of people staring, his job was to slip into a deep meditative state alongside an EEG machine displaying what happened to his brain wave functions. As Olson began, the results were dramatic: His brain wave signals grew stronger and the chaotic traces settled into a coordinated groove as neuroscientist Alarik Arenander described the process to others in the room." The Oregonian 19 April 06
- Getting Into Our Minds "The unlikely town of Fairfield, Iowa has become a mecca for transcendental meditation, reports CBS News correspondent Mika Brzezinski. The Maharishi School and Maharishi University are named after Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Here, students practice his technique of transcendental meditation, or tm for short." CBS News 9 April 06
- Meditation Helps ADHD "About 4 million American kids struggle every day with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. The disorder makes it difficult for them to focus and learn. Now, some schools are trying a new, simple approach, and it's changing lives. It's not the typical scene at an American middle school. These kids -- all with ADHD -- are practicing Transcendental Meditation, or TM. It allows you to do, to experience very profound levels of relaxation while you're wide awake," says William Stixrud, Ph.D." Ivanhoes's Medical Breakthroughs 6 March 06
 Maharishi tackles world peace - Maharishi's solutions for today's troubled world. "The wizened sage sits alone upstairs in his secluded wooden house... It's late afternoon, and he has been at it since 3 a.m., conducting his business by video linkup around the world: new schools in India, new meditation centers in Europe, a new medical curriculum for his university in Iowa." From CNN International. 15 Feb 06- Maharishi center now open in Ames - Anthony Antimuro, director of the center in Ames, said the center plans to teach people how to practice transcendental meditation and sell preventive health care products such as herbal teas and coffees. A Maharishi Enlightenment Center was recently opened at 137 Lynn Ave., and other centers in Iowa are located in Des Moines, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. Iowa State Daily 18 Nov 05
- High Marks for Transcendental Meditation - An article about TM in schools. With four million children diagnosed with ADHD, Sarina Grosswald, Ed.D, had a hunch that the calming technique of Transcendental Meditation might help. LA Yoga Magazine Nov/Dec 05
- Earth's Future Peacemakers Just Need a Little T.M. - The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, formed in July, is raising money to bring Transcendental Meditation to students from first grade through college. Mr. Lynch's vision involves raising $7 billion and creating universities dedicated to earth's future peacemakers. New York Times 14 Nov 05
- Palace of Peace unifies human, nature - Ancient Vedic architecture has risen like a phoenix from the ashes and has manifested its ancient body of wisdom within the brick and mortar of The Woodlands Peace Palace. This ancient architecture, a philosophy of immutable principles that guides human activity toward alignment with an overreaching universal intelligence, coupled with Transcendental Meditation (TM), proves the divine formula for a feeling of well-being for those within the building as well as those located in its proximity. The Villager 24 August 05
 Tapping into TM - Filmmaker David Lynch wants to share with schools the benefits he says he's reaped from Transcendental Meditation. This article interviews him and others like Jean Anne Currivan, a 19-year-old from Dove Canyon, who has practiced Transcendental Meditation for as long as she can remember, starting out informally as a 5-year-old, then learning the traditional program when she turned 10. Orange County Register 10 August 05 - The Magic of Meditation - David Lynch is already arguably America’s best-known avant-garde filmmaker. At his Hollywood home on July 21, the father of three officially launched the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education. His goal: to raise enough money to train any U.S. child who wants to learn how to practice Transcendental Meditation (TM). Newsweek web exclusive. 26 July 05
- PBS Report on Transcendental Meditation - "Who would imagine that the nerve center of Transcendental Meditation in the U.S. would be located in the middle of cornfields?" A printed and video report report filmed last winter and shown this week on PBS. Moderately accurate portrait of MUM, Fairfield and Maharishi Vedic City interviews Dr. Hon Hagelin, Mario Orsatti, Mayor Ed Maloy, few students and a seriously confused christian minister. Since the show is about religion it was necessary to take that view. Click on the large video (requires the proprietary RealPlayer) to see better. All in all, a decent report. PBS 15 July 05
 Mind Over Mortar: Proponents of Vedic Design Believe That Our Homes Can Determine Our Health - The Washington Post reports on a lecture at the National Building Museum entitled A Lecture on Vedic Architecture: A Holistic Approach to Sustainability. "The most powerful influence of natural law on the Earth is the sun," says architect Jonathan Lipman. "In Vedic [theory], the influence of the sun right around the time of sunrise has a whole set of specific nourishing influences. A building acts as a kind of intermediary between us and the sun, and early-morning light is most available to us if that building faces in that direction." The Washington Post 7 July 05 - Complex will be built with nature in mind - Tower Cos. announced the biggest "green project" in its 58-year history; a 600,000-square-foot, mixed-use complex that will include a nine-story office building with principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda architecture. The architectural style was introduced to the United States about 15 years ago by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. World Peace Herald 15 June 05 and also covered by The Washington Post 20 June 05
- Building on Success - Feng shui might soon get competition from a practice that predates it, but has received scant attention until now: the ancient Indian art of Vedic architecture. While feng shui tends to focus on decoration and placement of objects, Vedic focuses on the orientation of a building, its proportions and measurements. The idea is that if you build it... success will come. Newsweek 27 June 05
 Transcendental specialists offer expertise to valley - Cynthia Starr and her husband, Alarik Arenander, offer lectures in the valley on transcendental meditation. The practice has been the subject of many studies and has been shown to increase brain power and mental clarity. Arenander received his Ph.D in brain research from the University of California of Los Angeles in 1980. He and his wife have been practicing transcendental meditation for 30 years. The Desert Sun 16 June 05.- TM bolsters notion of a Japanese mind-set over mortality - Last month the American Journal of Cardiology reported that patients with elevated blood pressure who practiced Transcendental Meditation (TM) had reduced death rates and an average longer lifespan than a control group of patients who did not practice the technique. Japan Times 9 June 05
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- The Real War on Terror: An Interview with John Davies - Dr. Davies is an internationally recognized expert in conflict management at the University of Maryland, and his concerns are large-scale violent conflicts, wars, and the collective consciousness. Most of us can list the benefits of Transcendental Meditation—cheerfulness, creativity, emotional resilience, and reduced stress, to name a few—but these apply to individuals. Davies and his colleagues have been thinking bigger—much bigger... Yoga International July 05
- Transcendental Meditation good for the heart, study finds - Regular practice may help prevent cardiovascular disease. Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) in Augusta were conducting a study to see whether transcendental meditation, or TM, could help high schoolers lower their blood pressure. The study — published last year in the American Journal of Hypertension — found that meditators’ blood pressure dipped by an average of three or four points, while that of students in the health education group was unchanged. MSNBC 21 May 05
- Meditation Helps Vascular Function in Black Teens - Transcendental meditation may improve vascular function in African American teenagers with high-normal blood pressure, Vernon A. Barnes, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society.
Transcendental meditation (TM), a process by which “the mind is allowed to settle down to a state of least mental activity,” has been shown to decrease sympathetic nervous system tone, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis activation, and cortisol levels, which are associated with reductions in blood pressure.
In a study by Dr. Barnes and his associates at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly reduced in 50 African American adolescents with high-normal blood pressures who practiced TM twice a day for 4 months (Am. J. Hypertens. 2004;17:366-9). Family Practice News 15 May 05
- Can Transcendental Meditation lower rates of death? - One of the first long-term studies of Transcendental Meditation has found that the practice was associated with significantly lower rates of death.
The study's authors said that Transcendental Meditation already has been shown to reduce risk factors for heart disease such as high blood pressure, stress and smoking. In the new study, those health improvements suggest lower death rates as well, the authors said. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and many others. 11 May 05
- TM extends life and reduces risk factors in heart disease - People who practiced Transcendental Meditation lived longer than people who didn't, experiencing a 23 percent reduction in death rates.
Those are the results of a long-term study appearing in the May 2 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.
Previous studies had shown that theTranscendental Meditation™ (TM) technique decreased stress and, as a result, also lowered blood pressure. Robert Schneider, who led the research, said: "The study found that in older people with mild high blood pressure, those practising Transcendental Meditation had a 23% lower risk of death from all causes." MedicineNet, Guardian Unlimited, KTVO-3, Irish Health, HealthDay News, Ivanhoe, and many others. 2 May 05
- University will wire students' brains to track changes - The university hopes to wire all of its 750 students and issue them "brain integration report cards" - purportedly a new way of determining how their college experience changes the brain. Researchers at Maharishi University hope to prove that the Transcendental Meditation technique can increase academic performance, improve judgment and decision-making skills. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Also picked up by numerous news outlets including: Tallahassee Democrat, Kansas City Star, San Luis Obispo Tibune, Biloxi Sun Herald, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and others. 20 March 05
- A meditation on brain drain - Does anyone doubt that college damages your brain?
They don't at a small Iowa university, which today will hold a conference on brain research that a news release said "shows that college experience takes a terrible toll on a student's brain." About 100 people are expected to attend the conference at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, which will focus on reversing the effects of academic pressures, binge drinking, poor diet, sleep deprivation and stress on the brain. Minneapolis Star Tribune 18 March 05
 Transcendental Meditation Helps Students - New research appears to be strengthening the case for teaching transcendental meditation in U.S. schools, showing it to be a means to improve the concentration of students and a way to enhance their physical and mental well-being.
Proponents say that students who meditate daily are calmer, less distracted and less stressed and less prone to violent behavior. International Herald Tribune 15 Feb 05- Transcendental Meditation May Help Lower Blood Pressure - This month the American Journal of Hypertension published a National Institutes of Health funded study by Robert Schneider, MD & Frank Staggers, MD, both of the Institute for Natural Medicine & Prevention on TM reducing high blood pressure and the use of hypertensive drugs. The report has been picked up by numerous news outlets including: Lexingtion Herald-Leader, Twin Cities Pioneer Press, ABC News, San Luis Obispo Tribune, Seattle Post Intelligencer, WTOP, Red Nova, Forbes.com and about 100 others. 12 Feb 05
- Transcendental Meditation Calms Blood Pressure, Too - Transcendental Meditation (TM) reduces hypertension and cuts down on the need for blood pressure-lowering medications, according to a study in black Americans. Forbes 9 Feb 05
- A Conversation With ... Nancy Lonsdorf, MD. - "As a teenager, I was really interested in the mind and when I was sixteen, I learned Transcendental Meditation. It was really a fascinating thing to me. I had wanted to be a doctor since I was in eighth grade and I immediately felt, wow, this is something that has got to be good for health and something I wanted to incorporate into a practice that I would have someday." - Dr. Nancy Lonsdorf, medical director of the Raj Ayurveda Health Spa Monthly Aspectarian Jan 05
- Lynch: ‘Bliss is our nature’ - "Pretty much everything I'm going to tell you I've learned from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi," Lynch says, staring off into the middle distance of his screening room. "I've been practicing transcendental meditation, the Maharishi's transcendental meditation, for 31 years." Chicago Sun-Times 16 Jan 05
- Studies Showing Meditation Helps Stress - Meditation without a religious label! Most folks embracing Transcendental Meditation find this mind body connection refreshing, relaxing - a comfortable way to find peace with themselves and others in neighborhoods surrounded by a high-speed, racing world. KSL-TV 22 Dec 04
- Meditate or Medicate? Teens and Hypertension - Great behind-the-scenes article on a recent study about helping teens cope with stress using Transcendental Meditation. Yoga International 16 Nov 04
 David Lynch touts merits of meditation in Kay - Lynch and physicist John Hagelin were invited to speak about Transcendental Meditation in an evening titled "Creating Peace." Transcendental Meditation is a meditation technique designed to "enliven an individual's creativity, dynamism, orderliness, and organizing power, which result in increasing effectiveness and success in daily life. The Eagle Online (free registration required) 15 Nov 04 - Meditation for Hypertension - With growing obesity and added stress in children and teens today, high blood pressure is no longer considered to be an adult disease. The threat was enough to urge Dr. Barnes and his associates to conduct a study to determine whether meditation could lower blood pressure in teens. The study found that two 15-minute meditation sessions each day helped students lower their blood pressure over 4 months, an effect that continued to drop for another 4 months even after the meditation sessions ended. The results, Dr. Barnes concluded, point in the direction of the importance of a school-based intervention for hypertension and related health concerns. Advance Newsmagazines 3 Nov 04
- The Silent Antidote to Terrorism - Three veterans assert that terrorism and war could be eliminated using a scientifically validated, natural approach called Invincible Defense Technology. The military would use Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying to reduce societal stress. OpEdNews.com 11 November 04
- Advocates Promote TM for Schools - The Consciousness-Based Education Association provides scientifically validated educational programs, technologies, and consulting service for new schools, existing schools and after-school organizations. Associated Press, 30 October 04. Also here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
 Meditation Not Medication For Students - There's a new approach to helping children cope with stress and improve their performance, both in and out of school. It's an approach that stresses transcendental meditation instead of medication. The Bay Area Committee for Stress-Free Schools is trying to encourage more schools to introduce TM. They say it is a simple easy way to help students both in and outside of the classroom. Video report from KRON-TV, 28 October 04- The Quiet Center - Short article on homes in Maharishi Vedic City focusing on a few aspects of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design. Omaha World-Herald, 14 October 04
- Small Iowa Town Has Global Mission - Fairfield would look just like any other small town in Iowa if it wasn't for the twin golden domes shining on its skyline. They mark Fairfield as the home of Maharishi University of Management, which offers what it calls "Consciousness-Based Education". But the principles of the science of consciousness come to life more fully just north of town, in Vedic City. Voice Of America broadcast, 26 September 04
 Iowa Town Booms On Eastern Ways - Meditation, Business Draws Residents. The community founded by followers of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, has become an entrepreneurial mecca of the Midwest. Followers began flocking to Fairfield after the establishment of the Maharishi University of Management in 1974, and Vedic City just outside the limits of Fairfield was incorporated in 2001, the first new Iowa city to be incorporated since 1982. Residents estimate that one-fourth of the 10,000 people in Fairfield and Vedic City practice TM. The Washington Post - Page A03 (free registration required) , 9 August 04 Transcendental Meditation in the Classroom - Visit a small Midwest school and marvel how each classroom starts their day. Imagine students sitting quietly, eyes closed, not fidgeting, not joking around, just meditating in a group for five or 10 minutes depending on the grade level. Stick around and you'll see them focus on the subject at hand, paying attention, responding to their teacher's questions, challenging the teacher for more knowledge with their own probing questions. Students are happy, harmonious and engaged in the learning process... Also - The Most Amazing and Transforming Experience of My Life and How TM Affected My Art. Edge News, August 04- Transcendental Meditation as Medication for Hypertension - Research says it's just as effective (as medication) in many cases. A a recent study found that two 15-minute meditation sessions each day helped students lower their blood pressure over four months, an effect that continued to drop for another four months even after the meditation sessions ended. ADVANCE for Physician Assistants, 19 July 04
- TM leads to higher consciousness - Although this is recent research, in one sense it's the oldest news of all, because the ancient Vedic literature from which Transcendental Meditation comes, predicted that practice eventually leads to enlightenment. Think of it as a fifth state of consciousness, different from waking, sleeping, and dreaming, as well as different from the transcendence experienced during meditation. Newlife magazine
- Relaxing at The Raj - Relaxation isn't the only focus at this spa. An on-site doctor works closely with each client, even before check-in, to develop a treatment schedule and vegetarian dietary regimen geared for getting the body back on track. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 8 May 04
- Connecting to Natural Law - An interview with physicist John Hagelin of MUM. Describes how life on Earth will be different when Maharishi's for programs fully implemented. Also, Dr. Hagelin brings out practical steps to make it happen. The Edge.com, January 04
- Meditating Twenty Minutes, Twice A Day - This short interview with David Lynch provides a very clear introduction to Transcendental Meditation. filosophy.com, January 04
- Laying Your Troubles To Rest - Companies conduct courses on Transcendental Meditation for their workforce to enable them to deliver better. Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique useful. For the uninitiated, “TM is a unique training programme that provides business and industry with a scientifically proven technology to unfold the full potential of executives and employees,” explains Dr Lane Wagger, international director, Maharishi Corporate Development Programme. The Financial Express, 21 Dec. 03
- Mind the Gaps - From England's Saga Magazine, November 03
- Meditation or Medication - Doctors and scientists that met today at a medical conference in Vedic City say a mind-body treatment could be the answer in reducing these statistics. According to many doctors, its time to practice alternative healing. Namely, Transcendental Meditation, or as they call it, 'TM'. Dr. David Sands, a supporter of TM says," it allows the body to heal itself. We're more relaxed, more productive, more easygoing, we don't get as stressed so easily, and as a result, people are healthier." KTVO-3, 11 October 03
- Medical conference promotes meditation to prevent heart disease - Transcendental Meditation can help prevent high blood pressure and lower the risk of heart disease, researchers at the Fairfield-based Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention said Friday. Associated Press, 11 October 03
- TM gains mainstream respect - Medical researchers at the Laboratory for Health and Aging Studies at the Maharishi University of Management are watching the mailbox for written confirmation of yet another grant from the National Institutes of Health. Cedar Rapids Gazette, 4 Sept. 03
 Health spa uses Ayurveda methods to treat stress - The Raj combines Western medicine with Maharishi Ayurveda practices to treat guests with a holistic approach. Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1 Sept. 03- TM enjoys national attention - The people of this small, Southeast Iowa town have a solution for the stressed and the weary: transcendental meditation. Their mind-body technique has become so popular that it was featured in the Aug. 4 issue of Time. The magazine mentions the use of TM in schools, like the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield. Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1 Sept. 03
- Holistic heart healing - Maharishi, UI doctors team up on $8 million study. Two medical centers, one known for excelling in traditional Western medicine and another known for alternative medical therapy research, have joined together to study heart attack patients. Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1 Sept. 03
- The Science of Meditation - The August 04, 2003 cover story from TIME Magazine, now premium paid content on TIME.com. Interesting, but sometimes misleading, group of articles and photos.
- Good Vibes - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi plans to promote world harmony from a soon-to-be-built 'palace' in Los Angeles. L.A. Times, 3 August 03
- Can meditation help inner-city kids? - Getting children to sit still is tough at the best of times. But for 10 minutes early in the morning and just before they leave for the day, students at this school master the art. They don't fidget or look over at their friends. The young meditators do not giggle. Jane Pitt, a TM teacher at the school, thinks meditation could help keep these inner-city kids away from temptations of the streets. " When we don't have this kind of a natural tool, then people tend to turn to unnatural tools like substance abuse," she says. The Globe and Mail, 5 July 03
- Guru's followers saying: Give peace palaces a chance - On Wednesday, supporters of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi announced plans for a 12,000-square-foot peace palace in the Sacramento area. "It will be an oasis of peace in a stress-ridden world," said Bruce Saunders, a Sacramento database administrator and one of the peace palace organizers. "Look at all the problems in the world right now ... it's time for this." Sacramento Bee, 29 May 03
 Mansions of meditation Crime-fighting plan: 'Peace Palaces' in Bay Area, across U.S. - Devoted followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi want to lower crime rates, improve the economy and enrich everyone's quality of life in communities around the Bay Area. All it will take, they say, is the construction of "Peace Palaces" from Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz. San Francisco Chronicle. 10 May 03 Meditators let fly in contest - From a seated, full-lotus position, his legs crossed with the bottoms of his feet facing the ceiling, Martin Davy faced a great test of his mental and physical prowess. This was the high drama of the yogic flying competition, which took place Friday in the Golden Dome at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield. Organizers said it was the first public competition of its kind in 10 years. Des Moines Register. 26 April 03- Peace Palace a place to ponder - Meditation center, the first of its kind, opens. The world's first Peace Palace, a $4 million facility for those who seek to spread peace through transcendental meditation, was inaugurated here yesterday. "The basis of world peace is in the individual," said Tom Linner, administrator of the Peace Palace. Lexington Herald-Leader, 15 April 03
- Think peace - Short article on the "Maharishi Effect" and how the meditators is Oregon are implementing group meditations in the area. The Oregonian, 26 March 03
- A meditation on the way to wellness - Everyone knows it: The U.S. health system is sick. Although no one denies the marvels and miracles of Western medicine, our system of caring for patients is being seriously questioned. "The U.S. health system is not near collapse -- it collapsed years ago." That harsh quote comes from a wise old man who has a great understanding of the connection between mind and body and how the two must work together to maximize health and fitness and minimize debilitating stress. He is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced Transcendental Meditation nearly 50 years ago. Star-Telegram, 24 March 03
- Meditation lowers blood pressure - Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia discovered why people who practice transcendental meditation daily had significantly lower blood pressure than those who did not. The practice keeps blood vessels open, thus lowering the pressure - and high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease. BBC, 4 Feb. 03
- Experiencing the lightness of being in Iowa - Fairfield and tiny Vedic City—Iowa's newest city, incorporated in July 2001—represent the TM capital of the United States. For nearly 30 years, meditators from across the nation and overseas have found peace of mind and a place to call home in the middle of the Iowa corn belt. Against all odds, however, over the nearly three decades since they arrived in Iowa, the meditators have blended into the fabric of small-town Iowa. Chicago Sun-Times. 1 December 02
- Spiritual path to peace - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi advocates transcendental meditation as a panacea for the ills plaguing the world and propounds a philosophy having a scientific base and Vedic foundation. The Hindu. 12 November 02
- Transcendence in the Heartland - An improbable tale of two cities is growing amid southeast Iowa's lush corn and soybean fields. First stop, Vedic City, population 176, the state's first new town in 19 years. Well written article about the MUM and Maharishi Vedic City communities. Body and Soul magazine. November 02
 Fairfield's New Neighbor - It's Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa's first new city in 19 years. Article from WHO-TV, 5 November 02 Also watch the news video clips about Maharishi University of Management and Maharishi Vedic City. - Meditative mom - Finding calm in the storm. Hectic home life and a busy professional life demand secret weapon to keep burnout at bay. The Gazette. 7 October 02
- Beating the drum for Cambodian education - Michael Thomson of the Australian Aid for Cambodia Fund is raising money for a university campus in the rural back blocks of war-ravaged Cambodia. Article in the Canberra Times by Frank Cassidy. 28 Aug 01
- The yogic flying squad - A 3 million Peace Palace is planned for Birmingham aimed at trying to reduce crime and violence through the power of the mind. The major new initiative seeks to use the ancient art of Transcendental Meditation to combat negative acts and trends in society. Evening Mail. 21 August 02
- Its first year behind it, Vedic City sets lofty goals - Report on the first year of Maharishi Vedic City. Also a brief history and interview of one resident family. Ottumwa Courier. 29 July 02
- Mozambique's Prevention Wing of the Military: End Civil War, Improve the Economy - The government of Mozambique has taken many approaches to end war and encourage economic development in the last twenty-five years. Mozambique's President Alberto Joachim Chissano has credited much of his country's sustained peace and resulting economic development to creating a Prevention Wing of the military. Africa Business and Economy. 7 July 02
- World Peace Is Just $1 Billion Away, Maharishi Says - "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi said on Wednesday in a July 4 message to Americans nervous about new Sept. 11-style attacks that he could kill world terrorism with love." This page is a news report from the Wednesday news conference of 3 July 02. From Reuters. Press report from MVED.
- Transcendental Meditation: The solution to terrorism? - A small number of meditators can stop terrorism in the Middle East, a leading US scientist told a Tel Aviv news conference yesterday. Jerusalem Post. 1 July 02
- Administration Open to Hagelin's Out of the Box Terrorism Thinking - Renowned quantum physicist John Hagelin was the Natural Law Party candidate for the presidency in 2000. He has taken a fascinating and innovative peace proposal to congress and the White House, and reports open-minded interest from the administration. Insight Behind the News. 20 May 02
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Larry King Weekend - new transcript from the 12 May 02 show
- Serene Routine - The Des Moines Register follows one family living in Maharishi Vedic City through their daily routine. - 12 May 02
- Meditating on Crime - With criminal-justice systems in crisis, a growing movement, backed by academic research, claims probation might be revolutionized by Transcendental Meditation. Globe and Mail - 11 May 02
- The Vedic Way - Twenty-eight years after Eastern philosophy met conservative Midwest values, the Fairfield area's meditating residents have finally arrived. From the Des Moines Cityview front page. Also see the companion article A Little Bit of Everything. - 17 April 02
- Meditation-Based Program Can Reduce Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke - New research suggests that the elderly can dramatically lower their risk of heart attack and stroke by following a holistic program anchored by the practice of Transcendental Meditation. A group of elderly people who adopted the lifestyle changes, based on the Maharishi Vedic Medicine (MVM) program, had a significant reversal of atherosclerosis after one year. - 16 April 02
- Town sees mass meditation as way to world peace - Maharishi Vedic City seeks enough adherents to end terrorism. Even before terrorist attacks stunned the nation, the people in this town were diligently working for world peace. Every resident practices transcendental meditation for inner serenity and "unbounded awareness." Ultimately, the small city's goal is to draw enough people to the area to practice an advanced form of group meditation, known as "yogic flying." If that happens, village leaders say, peace will begin to wash over the planet, preventing further acts of hate and destruction. From the Chicago Tribune front page - 28 November 01
- Transcendental Meditation Proposed As Homeland Defense - Retired Maj. Gen. Kulwant Singh, PhD, of the Indian Army, who led India's fight against its own intransigent terrorism problem for nearly 30 years proposed a Vedic defense shield, which would protect America by reducing global tensions via the field of consciousness believed by quantum mechanics scientists to connect everything in the universe. U.S. Medicine - October 01
- Maharishi has a plan to achieve World Peace - In his first press conference in seven years, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi presented his own peace plan based on the wisdom of the Vedic tradition to eliminate terrorism and create permanent world peace. The Arizona Republic 1 Oct 01
- Pushing Peace a Hop, Skip, Jump at a Time - Article describing the desire of Vedic City residents to use scientifically verified procedures to end terrorism and create a peaceful world. "This is a very small city with a very ambitious dream: to bring about world peace by teaching thousands of people to fly--as in levitate and swoop." L.A. Times 25 Sept 01 By Sthephine Simon
- Meditators seek to create cycle of world peace - The solution to the world's pain and problems after terrorist attacks is intense meditation, officials at the Maharishi University of Management say. More than 1,000 people from across the country have converged on the Fairfield campus to practice transcendental meditation and what they call yogic flying, or levitation.
- "Silicorn Valley" survives the technology downturn - Associated Press story appeared in many newspapers around the country. This story features a few technology businesses in Fairfield, Iowa. 25 Aug 01
- Find Herbal Relief For Chemo Side Effects - A '99 study from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India's Harvard, found that an ancient Ayurvedic herbal formula called "Amrit Kalash" is a promising adjunct to chemotherapy. Cincinnati Channel 5 news report. Complete with video segment: Dr. Christine Horner explains the benefits of "Amrit Kalash."
- Transcendental meditation may lower blood pressure - The newspaper article reports on various methods of stress reduction including transcendental meditation. It reports that the study shows that if you practice TM for three months, your blood pressure will drop to the same level as if you took drugs, but without the side effects. National Electronic Library for Health
- Students share method for transcending violence. - Bethlehem teens told of Iowa school's use of meditation. At the Maharishi School, time is allotted in the morning and afternoon for students, faculty and staff to meditate. Maharishi pupil Josh Meade said that with everyone at his school in a relaxed state, no one feels the need to be violent or destructive. Morning Call 28 April 01
- In Many Ways, a New Iowa Town Looks to East - The design of Vedic City and its buildings conform with Sthapatya Veda architectural principles, which hold that health, happiness and fortune are influenced by the orientation and structure of buildings. New York Times, 16 April 01
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Disorder to Orderliness - Maharishi Vedic Vibration Technology Uses Sound to Transform Disease into Health by Cassandra Caulder - Oct 99
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- The Ultimate Reality: Purusha Members Record Audiotaped Version of Maharishi's Science of Being - Lake Arrowhead is a spectacular site high in the San Gabriel Mountains of southern California. It was there, on a beautiful and secluded spot by the shore, that one of the most influential books ever published was written. By Victor Pardo - Jan 99
- Idyllic Mountain: Students from Maharishi University of Management Visit North Carolina Retreat. - Beautiful. Pure. Unspoiled. There are just a few heavenly places in the world, and the aptly named Heavenly Mountain in North Carolina is clearly one of them. Go there. By Nitya Huntley - Jan.99
- Maharishi Sthapatya Veda Architecture: This Unique Tradition in Home Design Creates Harmony, Clarity, and Health. The Sthapatya Veda, a part of the Vedic literature of India, records the precise formulas and rules for construction of all kinds of buildings--homes, schools, government buildings, temples--in such a way that the buildings maximize the energy of nature and bring success, good fortune, good health, and enlightenment to the occupants of the building. By Sally Peden Sept 98
- Opting for Prevention - After 20 Years in Crisis-Oriented Medicine Dr. Reddy Switches to Ayur-Veda By Janna Schutt - July 98
- Vedic Wisdom on Tape - Maharishi's Bhagavad-Gita Now Available as a Book on Tape for the First Time By Victor Pardo - June 98
- Reinvigorating the U.S.A. - The Maharishi Yagya Program For the U.S.Increases Good Fortune For Everyone By Wendy Cavanaugh - April 98
- New Ayurveda Books - New Paradigm for Medicine Explored in Two Books by Dr. Hari Sharma By Elliott James - March 98
- Unbounded Architecture - Maharishi Sthapatya Veda Design Drives Local Housing Boom By Bynne Sissom - Feb 98
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- Managing Good Fortune - Maharishi Center for Excellence in Management Offers Tools for Progress By Ken and Wendy Cavanaugh - Nov 97
- Wholeness in Politics - John Hagelin Authors Manual to Show the Application of Natural Law to Politics By Brynne Sissom - Nov 97
- Living a Long, Healthy Life - Research Shows You're More Likely to "Age Successfully" If You Practice TM By Don Robinson - Oct 97
- Custom Built for Harmony - New Manufactured Homes Are Designed with the Standards of Sthapatya Veda By June Oliver - Oct 97
- Researching Enlightenment - New Studies Include Findings on Higher States of Consciousness By John Zamarra - Sept 97
- New Degree Programs at Maharishi University of Management - Human Physiology and Enlightened Media Give Students New Options By John Zamarra - April 97
- Reconstructing the World - Maharishi Global Construction Uses Designs that Mirror Laws of Nature By Ken Roseboro - Mar 97
- Hope for Rehabilitation - Missouri Judge is First to Sentence Probationers to TM by Chris and Janet Attwood - Jan 97
- Maharishi Sthapatya Veda - An Ancient Science Reveals How to Build in Harmony with Natural Law by Carol de Giere and Megan Robinson - Nov 96
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