Sorry, wrong press release. They say they'll post the official one on
the global good news site but it's not there yet.
Here's a copy someone sent me.
For Immediate Release
February 6, 2008
Contact: Robert Roth
+1-641-470-1344
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
With his life's work complete,
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
"is welcomed with open arms into Heaven"
Maharishi offers farewell message: "Live long the world in peace
happiness, prosperity, and freedom from suffering"
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the illustrious sage of the Vedic
Tradition of India, who over 50 years ago introduced his
Transcendental Meditation program to spiritually regenerate mankind
and create world peace, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 5,
at approximately 7:00 p.m. (CET) at his international headquarters in
Vlodrop, The Netherlands.
"Maharishi's work is complete. He has done what he set out to do in
1957to lay the foundation for a peaceful world. Now, Maharishi is
being welcomed with open arms into Heaven," said Maharaja Adhiraj
Rajaraam, first ruler of the Global Country of World Peace,
Maharishi's global educational organization.
Three weeks ago, on January 11, Maharishi publicly announced that he
would be "retiring into silence," and said he was "closing his
designed duty" to his spiritual master, Guru Dev. "I can only say,
`Live long the world in peace, happiness, prosperity, and freedom from
suffering.'"
He then placed the administration of his global movement under the
"capable leadership" of Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam, world-renowned
neuroscientist, and his 48 international Ministers and Rajas
(administrators)along with thousands of teachers of Maharishi's
Transcendental Meditation and directors of his movement throughout the
world.
Maharishi's decision to retire was inspired by news that more than
enough experts have now been trained in his peace-creating
technologies of consciousness to raise any nation to invincibility and
secure peace and prosperity for the worldand that his global
organization is now in place to maintain this peace permanently.
Over 5 million people have learned Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation
Since Maharishi traveled from India five decades ago for the first of
his 10 world tours, over five million people have learned his
Transcendental Meditation. The wide-ranging benefits of his program
have been documented by more than 600 scientific studies conducted at
250 independent universities and research institutes in 33 countries,
and published in leading, peer-reviewed scientific journals. For
example, the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health have
provided $24 million to study the effects of Maharishi's
Transcendental Meditation for preventing cardiovascular disease,
improving health, and promoting optimal brain functioning.
Maharishi inspired research on the society-wide
benefits of Transcendental Meditation
Science has also documented the society-wide benefits of Maharishi's
Transcendental Meditation program along with its advanced techniques,
including Yogic Flying, according to John Hagelin, Ph.D.,
world-renowned quantum physicist and Executive Director of the
International Center for Invincible Defense.
"Maharishi established the practice of group meditation and inspired
research on its society-wide influence. This led to the groundbreaking
discovery that consciousness is a field, and that by enlivening unity
within this field, collective meditation effectively prevents crime
and defuses social stressincluding the acute religious, political and
ethnic tensions that fuel violence and social conflict," Dr. Hagelin said.
"This society-wide effect, known in the scientific literature as the
Maharishi Effect, has been confirmed by over 50 studiesmany published
in leading, peer-reviewed scientific journals. It provides an
extremely practical approach to preventing and alleviating conflict,
preventing terrorism, strengthening national security and
invincibility, and even stopping open warfare in war-torn areas," said
Dr. Hagelin, who also serves as the Raja of Invincible America.
Maharishi revived the complete Vedic science of ancient India
and integrated it with the latest discoveries of modern science
Maharishi revived in its completeness the ancient Vedic science of
consciousness. In addition to bringing out Transcendental Meditation
and its advanced techniques, Maharishi also revived the Vedic science
of health care, architecture, organic agriculture, education, defense,
and prevention-oriented, problem-free governmental administration.
Maharishi also integrated Vedic science with the latest discoveries of
modern science. Working in collaboration with the world's leading
scientists, led by Dr. Hagelin, Maharishi revealed that the
fundamental field of consciousnessAtma, the Self, as described in
Vedic scienceis identical to the Unified Field described by the
superstring theories of physics.
And working under Maharishi's direct guidance, Maharaja Adhiraj
Rajaraam was awarded his weight in gold for his scientific discovery
that the Unifiedthe total managing intelligence of the universeis at
the basis of the human brain physiology. This discovery has revealed
that the individual is really cosmic, and has opened the possibility
for everyone to enliven the hidden, inner intelligence of one's own
physiology and realize one's cosmic potential.
"This extraordinary convergence of modern and ancient knowledge, and
the emergent practical technologies, has immediate and profound
benefits to virtually every field of human concern," Dr. Hagelin said.
Bringing Maharishi's complete knowledge to all areas of society
To bring his Vedic Science-Based, Unified Field-Based knowledge to all
areas of society, Maharishi founded thousands of highly successful
schools, colleges, and universities as well as medical centers and
health clinics throughout the world. Maharishi has also written a
series of profound books on his Vedic approaches to education, health,
government, management, and defense, as well as an acclaimed
commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita. In addition, there is a vast video
library of 30,000 hours of Maharishi's lectures, which are now being
featured in training courses and conferences, and broadcast over
Maharishi's global satellite network and websites.
Maharishi's knowledge is also now being presented to leaders of
society through a compelling 12-part DVD conference series by Dr.
Hagelin, entitled "The Unified Field: The Key to Enlightenment,
National Invincibility, and World Peace" (For more information, please
see www.UnifiedFieldConferences.org.)
Maharishi Towers of Invincibility in 48 countries
will honor Maharishi's achievements
As a monument to Maharishi's achievement of the foundation of
permanent world peace, the leaders of his global movement resolved to
build in 48 of the largest countries a grand, marble-clad 12-story
"Maharishi Tower of Invincibility." Each Tower showcases the totality
of Maharishi's knowledge and will include a high school or university
where students will practice Yogic Flying together in groups to create
coherence and invincibility for the nation. Future plans call for the
Maharishi Towers of Invincibility to be built in all 192 countries of
the world.
"Maharishi has worked tirelessly since 1955 to open the gate of
enlightenment to every individual, and to crown every nation with
invincibilitywith peace, prosperity and happiness, free from
negativity and suffering," said Dr. Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of
the Global Country of World Peace and President of Maharishi
University of Management in Iowa, USA.
Dr. Benjamin Feldman, Minister of Finance and Planning of the Global
Country of World Peace, said that Maharishi has brought the gift of
affluence to the world. "Maharishi's knowledge of Total Natural Law
unlocks the source of all prosperity and progress for the individual
and society. With this knowledge, nothing harmful will ever come to
the country and every nation will enjoy in a permanent state of
integration, harmony, and positivityinvincibility."
Dr. Hagelin added that future generations will view Maharishi as the
greatest enlightened sage of the Vedic Tradition. "Maharishi's
incomparable, scientifically demonstrable global impact will become
increasingly evident to the whole population as his legacy of
enlightenment and peace continues to spread irreversibly throughout
the world," he said.
"The future is brightand that is my delight"
In his farewell message on January 11, Maharishi announced the
establishment of the Brahmananda Saraswati Trust, named in honor of
his teacher, Guru Dev, to support large groups totaling more than
30,000 peace-creating Vedic Pandits in perpetuity across India.
"The Brahmananda Saraswati Trust will ensure the glorification of life
on earth on a permanent basis, for the individual and the nation. For
all millennia to come, the world is going to be a peaceful, happy
world. The future is brightand that is my delight," Maharishi said.
Links
MAHARISHI'S ACHIEVEMENTS 1957 2008
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/achievements.pdf
MAHARISHI IN THE WORLD TODAY
http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/achievements/index.html
MAHARISHI'S RECENT ADDRESSES
http://press-conference.globalgoodnews.com/archive-menu.html
MAHARISHI'S PROGRAMS
http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/
MAHARISHI'S PUBLICATIONS
http://maharishi-programmes.globalgoodnews.com/publications/books.html
UNIFIED FIELD CONFERENCES
http://www.unifiedfieldconferences.org/
INDIA'S TIMELESS VEDIC HERITAGE
MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF OUR MODERN AGE
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Indias-Timeless-Vedic-Heritage.pdf
VEDIC PANDITS AND VEDIC EXPERTS OF INDIA
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Vedic-Pundits.pdf
CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED EDUCATION
INTRODUCED BY MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Consciousness-Based-ducation.pdf
PRINCIPLES AND PROGRAMMES OF MAHARISHI STHAPATYA VEDA
ARCHITECTURE IN HARMONY WITH NATURAL LAW
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Sthapatya-Veda.pdf
MAHARISHI VEDIC APPROACH TO HEALTH
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Maharishi-Vedic-Approach-to-Health.pdf
MAHARISHI'S EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMMES
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/MaharishiEducationalinstitutions-programmes.pdf
MAHARISHI AYURVEDA PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL
http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Maharishi-Ayurveda-Products.pdf
MAHARISHI'S PROGRAM TO CREATE WORLD PEACE
www.permanentpeace.org
MAHARISHI'S TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION IN THE CLASSROOM
www.DavidLynchFoundation.org
MAHARISHI'S TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION IN BUSINESS
www.TMBusiness.org
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hermandan0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> official movement press release URL
> http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Maharishi_Launches.pdf
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>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Samadhi Is Much Closer Than You
> Think -- Really! -- It's A No-Brainer. Who'd've Thunk It?"
> <DharmaMitra1@> wrote:
> official movement press release URL
> http://dl.globalgoodnews.com/pdf/Maharishi_Launches.pdf
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> >
> > Thank you for the suggestion, George, to google for news. What I'm
> asking
> > for are the "press releases", not the articles born from them.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2008 8:27 PM, george_deforest <george.deforest@> wrote:
> >
> > > > Samadhi Is Much Closer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If anyone has press releases announcing Mahrishi's demise,
> > > > please forward those to the group or to me personally.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > Satya
> > >
> > > try a search on Google news, there are many reports now:
> > >
> > > http://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&ncl=1129020364&scoring=n
> > >
> >
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