Special Section: PEACE
It's Still an Option
A U.S. Department of Peace. In Our Time? Maybe.
by Sam Slovick
Spiritual Activism
by Julie Deife
Human Peace Machine Takes Off
Engaged Buddhism Offers a Path
by Steven Vincent
Human Peace Machine Takes Off
1,733 Yogic Flyers meditating together could create a powerful influence of coherence and harmony in the collective consciousness of the world. And it may all begin right here at Fairfield, Iowa.
The project is called ‘Invincible America’, and the idea is to transform world consciousness. Transcendental Meditation is the strategy, and considering the way most strategies in high places have gone lately, this one actually has a chance of bringing about peace.
Nearly 1400 Transcendental Meditation experts have now gathered at two locations: Fairfield, Iowa, and in Washington, D.C. They are there to meditate and practice Yogic Flying. “Yogic Flying” is an advanced meditation technique that has been shown to change the tenor of the time. In the past the results have been a powerful influence of coherence and harmony in the collective consciousness of the communities where they were practiced. The community this time is America and the world.
“Invincible America” is organized by Dr. John Hagelin, the Quantum Physicist and one time candidate for President running on the Natural Law Party. Dr. Hagelin is a devout, unabashed and exquisitely intelligent Ambassador of the Transcendental Meditation Movement. His intention is to bring over 3,500 Yogic Flyers to the mass meditation, manifestation and human being-in.
Extensive research, published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals, has shown that when as little as the square root of one percent of a population practice Yogic Flying together in a group, positive economic and social trends are strengthened and negative tendencies, such as crime and violence, are reduced. “With a national population of nearly 300 million people, America needs only 1733 Yogic Flyers to create a concrete, tangible effect of peace in the nation and the world,” said spokesman Ken Chawkin. “We expect to surpass that number of Yogic Flyers very soon and when we do, the fortunes of America will change overnight.”
Thus far, the Invincible America project correlates the consciousness raising activities to an upsurge in the coherence of national consciousness contributing to:
*Thwarting the recent largest planned terrorist attack on the U.S. since 9/11.
*Orchestrating a cease fire. The U.S. took a key leadership role in brokering a cease-fire resolution to stop the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon – a cease-fire that received the unanimous support of the U.N. Security Council, the Lebanese government and Hezbollah.
*Despite the turbulence in world events, the U.S. stock market – a sensitive gauge of national consciousness – remaining steadfast, even gaining 350 points over the past three weeks.
Researchers are monitoring and controlling for a wide range of sociological and economic indices to evaluate the impact of the approach, including war deaths in the Middle East and stock market and oil and gold prices in the U.S.
For more information see www.permanentpeace.org.
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