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7/31/2019 Did TM Improve the Quality of Life in Fairfield Iowa 2006

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Perspectives on the

Economic and Political Impact

of the proposedWorld Capital of Peace

onSmith County

Dr. Kai Druhl

Jubilee International Ministries


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Demographic and Economic Datafor Fairfield, Iowa

Home of Parsons College 1875 to 1973

Home of Maharishi University of Management

1974 to present

Maharishi Vedic City founded in 2001north of Fairfield


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Who is theWorld Center of Peace?

The site will also be home to the Capital of the US Peace

Government and its President Dr. John Hagelin, world-

renowned quantum physicist and Minister of Science andTechnology of the Global Country of World Peace.

His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Peace

Governments around the world, gave an inspiring inauguraladdress ..


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The PromiseThe US Peace Government will implement scientifically

proven programs to effectively prevent problemsin

health,

education,

defense,

the economy,

crime prevention and rehabilitation,

agriculture, architecture, energy, and theenvironment.

These programs will be offered and administered through

Peace Palaces in the nations 2400 largest cities.


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The PracticeEach Peace Palace will also be host to several hundred

Peace-creating Experts, whose daily practice of the

Transcendental Meditation program and

Related Technologies of Consciousness

will effectively defuse the acute societal stress that fuels

violent, anti-social behavior.


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Related Technologies of Consciousness


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Maharishi University of Management

Operated by Volunteer Staff and Faculty(Room, Board, $ 300)

Governed through University President by Maharishi

Offering Religious Instruction as

Academic Programs(PhD in Vedic Science = Extended Meditation Program plus

Reading of Hindu Religious Scripture)

Spiritual Home of an Aging Low Income

Population


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Maharishi Vedic CityIts goals and policies

VICTORY DAY FOR

MAHARISHI VEDIC CITY

Capital of the Global Country of World Peace

Established Here at The Mansion

Central Bank of the Global Country of World Peace,

8000 Vedic Scholar Project, Organic Agriculture Project,

City Center and Vedic Cultural Center, and MaharishiSpiritual University of America and Ideal Girls School Also

Inaugurated


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Maharishi Vedic CityIts goals and policies

A cheering crowd joins Mayor Wynne, Dr.

Dillbeck, Dr. Wallace, and Dr. Hagelin in applause

after they raise the flag of the Global Country at

the site of the Global Country Bank.


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Maharishi Vedic CityIts Goals and Policies

WHEREAS, Maharishi Vedic University was established by

ordinance of the City Council of Maharishi Vedic City adopted January 2004pursuant to the home rule powers of the City granted by the Constitution of the State ofIowa and to Chapter 364 of the Code of Iowa to offer Total Knowledge of these and other fields.

WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Iowa adopted in its 2005 regular session an

amendment to Section 261B.11 of the Code of Iowa adding an exemption for not-for-profit colleges and universities established and authorized by cityordinance to grant degrees to the requirements relating to registration of postsecondaryschools.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Maharishi Vedic University shall begin tooffer its degree programs to bring Total Knowledge of Natural Law tothe people of Maharishi Vedic City and every city where the University offers its programs.


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