Campaign Launched to Build Immediately Maharishi Vedic Centers throughout North America
A new campaign has been launched to realize Maharishi's inspiration of two years ago to build a Maharishi Vedic Center in each of America's U.S. Congressional districts. Only one Center is presently under construction—in Bethesda, Maryland—and 434 remain to be built. A similar project is now being implemented for Canada, also.

Two types of Center have been designed: a smaller one of 4,200 square feet and a larger one of 16,500 square feet. According to Dr. Bevan Morris, President of the Council of Supreme Intelligence of Maharishi Global Administration through Natural Law, each type of Center will provide a perfect Vastu, a necessity in offering all the programs of Maharishi Vedic Science for perfection in life to everyone in North America. The larger Center will additionally provide the facilities needed to offer the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health and will include eleven rooms for residential patients.

Dr. Morris emphasized that this project has become so important a priority that all branches of Maharishi's movement will be involved, including the Maharishi Thousand-Headed Purusha and the Mother Divine Programs, Maharishi Global Construction, the Maharishi Global Development Fund, and Maharishi Global Administration through Natural Law.

Four new features of the project will aid in its swift accomplishment, Dr. Morris said. First is the involvement of the Maharishi Global Development Fund and the development of new funding strategies. Second, designs have been simplified, making the Centers less expensive to build than formerly. Third, in many cases the designs are modular, affording economies of scale. And fourth, only one-quarter to one acre of land will be needed for each site.

"We are late in accomplishing this—one or two years behind," Dr. Morris said. "But what gives us great hope of quick achievement is that every aspect of the knowledge of Maharishi Vedic Science is involved, so everyone dedicated to this knowledge will want to take part in the project."

To see that your area has a Maharishi Vedic Center soon, please call 1-828-264-1787, or e-mail: global@boone.net.

Maharishi Vedic Center Under Construction in Maryland
A Maharishi Vedic Center is currently under construction in North Bethesda, Maryland. Scheduled to open in July of 1999, it is being built in accordance with the principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design to provide maximum support of Natural Law.

Located at 5504 Edson Lane in North Bethesda, the Maharishi Vedic Center will offer courses in the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs, and many other Maharishi Vedic Science programs. It will also house a Maharishi Vedic Medical Center, providing Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health programs to Maryland residents.

Construction of the Maharishi Vedic Center in Bethesda is being financed solely by donations. The Abramson Family has provided a major grant, funding more than 65 percent of the project's cost, and 70 other families have also contributed. For up-to-date reports on the construction, visit the Web site: www.mvc-bethesda.org.

Canadian Government Rejects Genetically Engineered Hormone
Health Canada officials recently refused approval for the use of genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH). This hormone, which is injected into dairy cows to increase milk production, was rejected because research shows the drug is unsafe for cattle. Dr. John Fagan, a faculty member at Maharishi University of Management, has been instrumental in this initiative, touring Canada several times to speak about the dangers of genetically engineered foods, including rBGH.

The Canadian censure of rBGH has provoked its reevaluation in the United States, where it is felt the hormone may have been approved on the basis of incomplete information.

Companies Pay for TM Program Training in Canada
Concerns over increasing stress and absenteeism have sparked Canadian companies to begin paying for the TM program as part of their employee benefit package. Assumption Life and Maritime Life Assurance pay from 50% to 100% of the TM program course fee to promote employee wellness.

Jeanne Geldart, director of Maharishi Corporate Development Program in Canada, reports that companies such as the Bank of Nova Scotia and Investors Group give full credit for employees to learn the TM program. In New Brunswick, government employees at Economic Development and Tourism, and Health and Community Services have recently been approved to learn under their department's employee assistance program.

Top executives and senior management in many of the major banks and investment firms in Canada have learned the TM program over the years, and are therefore able to lend their support to this trend.