June 2000

News from Around the World

Bermuda: Yogic Flyers Create National Coherence
In March, 46 Yogic Flyers from Bermuda, Canada and the United States gathered to create coherence and reduce the crime rate in Bermuda. Data compiled by the Bermuda Police show that compared to the average for the four weeks prior to the course, violent crimes were down 22 percent, 33 percent and 56 percent for week one, week two, and the week after the course. BERMUDA Mr. Stan Darling speaks in the Parliamentary Press Gallery on Maharishi’s program to reduce crime and improve the quality of life in Canada by creating a group of Yogic Flyers

Canada: Mr. Darling, Canadian Champion for Quality of Life
Mr. Stan Darling, a retired Member of Parliament in Canada who learned the TM technique in 1990, received the Distinguished Service Award on May 16. During the ceremony, Mr. Darling was recognized for his many achievements during 21 years of service, including his leadership role in the signing of the 1992 Acid Rain Accord between the United States and Canada.

"This is a well deserved award," said Dr. Neil Paterson. "I admire Mr. Darling for his leadership role in many Movement projects. He has championed important new initiatives for improving the quality of life for Canadians."

Croatia: Peace Project Reaches Milestone
To mark the first anniversary of the Dubrovnik Peace Project, organizer Milan Popov writes: "We would like to express our deepest gratitude for helping us establish and maintain our coherence- creating group. Your generosity was very special—it favored neither Serbs nor Albanians, Yugoslav forces nor Western allies—but it touched the deepest core of life in all of them, consciousness. It enlivened the field of pure goodness in all of them—and in all of us who find ourselves in the Balkans during this tragic moment of history.

"As you know, the armies are still here. But so are we. Our coherence-creating groups—one in Belgrade and one in Dubrovnik—stopped the war. Further calamities, both in Yugoslavia and Europe, have been prevented. Thousands of lives have been saved. For this gift of life all future generations will feel indebted to all those who have supported the Dubrovnik Peace Project."

The ongoing courses begin each Saturday. Apply through your local Center; or in the United States, send a fax to 603-588-6773; or in Canada, call 613-565-2421.

England:  Students to Study Computers and Consciousness
In May, the first of ten new computer schools in Greater London incorporating Maharishi’s Consciousness-Based principles of education was inaugurated. The school will offer training in basic and advanced computer usage while developing the full creative intelligence of its 300 students.

Dr. Geoffrey Clements said, "Improving the quality of education is the key to a prosperous, healthy and happy future. We can expect these new computer schools to excel both in the quality of education they offer and the achievements of their students."

Peru: Maharishi Month at Ricardo Palma University
May was designated Maharishi Month at Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru. A large gallery in the Central Library prominently displayed exhibits on Maharishi Vedic Science to the 12,000 students and 1,000 faculty members.

Every Friday during Maharishi Month was Maharishi Friday, with lectures hosted by the Maharishi Institute of Science and Technology. The inaugural address was "The Fulfillment of Education: Development of Consciousness and Creative Genius through Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology."

United States: Food for the Soul
Heaven’s Banquet, a vegetarian cookbook, written by Governor of the Age of Enlightenment Miriam Hospodar, is receiving widespread praise.

"It’s virtually impossible to open this book and not hit upon a glorious food idea. Heaven’s Banquet is large, beautifully printed, and one of the best cookbooks I’ve encountered in a very long time."—New Age Retailer

"It’s immediately clear as soon as you open the pages that the recipes have been compiled with great care and consideration over a lifetime. Such experience gives Heaven’s Banquet a resounding depth that is so often missing in cookbooks. Although Ayurvedic principles form the background of the book, the recipes are both familiar and exotic, and the exotic ones are enticing and accessible."—Deborah Madison, respected cookbook author.

Miriam and her recipes are also being featured in Natural Living Today (March 2000), Vegetarian Times (May 2000), Delicious! (June 2000), Veggie Life (August 2000), and Yoga Journal (October 2000

United States: New Videotape Presents Solution to School Violence
A compelling new videotape for educators and families has been produced by End School Violence Now (ESVN), the student organization at Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment in Fairfield, Iowa.

The tape is narrated entirely by ESVN students, and includes interviews with teachers, administrators, students and parents at Consciousness-Based education programs in Fairfield, Baltimore, Omaha, and Detroit.

To order a copy, send $13.20 per tape to: ESVN, P.O. Box 1566, Fairfield, IA, 52556. For press packets, call 515-472- 6203 or e-mail esvn@lisco.com. Visit their Web site www.endschoolviolencenow. org.

United States: Continuing Medical Education for Physicians
Almost every State Medical Board requires physicians to take Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses every year. Category I CME credit (the highest level) can now be earned by physicians who complete the following courses:

A medically-oriented version of the TM program Introductory Lecture (1 hour of credit)

Instruction in the TM program, including extra lectures on the physiology of stress and scientific research on the TM technique (10 hours credit)

An introductory seminar on Maharishi Vedic Medicine (3 hours credit)—these credits may also be applied to the first 3 hours of the Maharishi Vedic Medicine Physician Training Course for health professionals.

Do your doctor a favor. Request an information packet for physicians you know by calling 888-349-8192

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