December 1999

News From Around the World

Peru: Prime Minister of Peru Supports TM
Program in Schools Peruvian Prime Minister, Victor Joy-Way, endorsed a joint venture between Ricardo Palma University and the Maharishi Institute of Science and Technology of Peru for scientific, academic and cultural cooperation, including the teaching of the Transcendental Meditation program and Maharishi Vedic Science. Mr. Joy-Way stated that he was deeply impressed with the results of teaching the Transcendental Meditation program in Peruvian Schools

At the October 13, 1999 signing, a detailed action plan to develop the full potential of all the students of the university in less than one year was presented by Javier Ortiz Cabrejos, President of Maharishi Institute of Science and Technology for Peru, and a graduate of Ricardo Palma University. Peruvian Congressman Arturo Castillo Chirinos also spoke on the great importance of this project for education in the country.

University Chancellor Dr. Ivan Rodriguez Chavez, commenting on the action plan, said, "It sets a good example for other institutions to take affirmative action. A successful and integrated life in the new millennium will require education to fully develop the consciousness of every student."

Asia and Australasia: World Tour Inaugurates New Institute
The Maharishi Institute of Post-Graduate Studies was inaugurated by an international delegation of distinguished scientists, medical doctors, and professors.

In a speaking tour of 33 cities in 15 countries, from September through November, the Institute was first established in the state capitals of India, and then in other Asian countries, Australia, and New Zealand.

The institute will train professionals as well as the general population how to make use of their total brain potential for growing perfection in life. In addition to videotaped addresses by Maharishi, Professor Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., and Dr. Bevan Morris, the speakers included Dr. Volker Schanbacher, Drs. Michael and Susie Dillbeck, Dr. Keith Wallace, Dr. Walter Mölk, Dr. Rainer Picha, Barry Charles, M.D., Lt. Col. Gunter Chassé, and Dr. Bill Sands. Dr. Wallace’s sons, Ted and Gareth Wallace, also made presentations.

Ukraine: Sergey and Victoria Danik, Directors of Maharishi Vedic University in Lvov, report from The Ukraine:
"At the beginning of the Kosovo conflict, we received a message from Maharishi to create a group of Yogic Flyers as soon as possible. The message was translated that very day into Russian, and sent out at 2:00 a.m. to all TM Centers in the former USSR. At 6:00 a.m. we got the first calls from Governors and Sidhas ready to immediately join our coherence-creating group.

"The wave of inspiration was so great that many people left their businesses to come for as long as they could to participate in creating coherence. Sidhas and Governors kept coming; all the rooms of our large building were occupied with 3-4 people in each. The meditation halls were packed with Yogic Flyers, and the atmosphere just reverberated with inspiration and concern for the destiny of the world. So, in a very short time, we were able to collect 250 Yogic Flyers just 400 kilometers from the Yugoslavian border.