Global Peace Initiative

THE COST OF VIOLENCE

• 36 – Number of wars and armed conflicts being waged in the world today
• 26 – Number in thousands of terrorist attacks since September 11, 20012
• 225 – Deaths in thousands resulting from international military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan since 2001
• 61 – Percentage of civilian casualties stemming from current international military operations, compared with 5 percent in World War I
• 4 – Cost in trillions of dollars of the United States war on terror and of killing Osama bin Laden
• 8 – Cost in trillions of dollars of global violence in 2010

IMPLEMENTATION

The Global Peace Initiative is now dynamically implementing this Brain-Based Approach to Peace on a national and global scale.

NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION–USA

Harnessing the power of a large group of peace-creating experts for America

The United States clearly plays a pivotal role in world events and in global policies and trends. Creating a powerful, peaceful influence in the U.S. and in its domestic and foreign policy will itself have a significant positive impact on global peace. In addition, building confidence in the scientific, public policy, and philanthropic communities in the U.S. through a successful implementation of this national project will accelerate its acceptance, support, and utilization on a global scale.

Previous research demonstrates that a group of 2,500 advanced meditation experts (approximately the square root of one percent of the national population) in one place in the U.S. is enough to produce the “National Maharishi Effect”—a peaceful, positive influence of sufficient magnitude to defuse national tensions and prevent the upsurge of crime and violence on a national scale. 

GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION—INDIA

Harnessing the power of a large group of peace-creating experts for the world

Previous published research9, 19 indicates that one large group of 9,000 experts (approximately the square root of one percent of the world’s population) in one place would be sufficient to produce the “Global Maharishi Effect”—a positive, peaceful influence of sufficient magnitude to defuse global tensions and prevent the outbreak of violence and conflict anywhere on earth.

For the combined reasons of lower per-capita costs, widespread availability of trained experts, and presently secured land and facilities, this global group of 9,000 peace-creating experts would be most practically situated in India. The critical task of assembling and training these 9,000 experts is well under way, with over 1,500 experts already in place.

India is the home of the ancient Vedic wisdom, which is the knowledge source of the powerful, peace-creating technologies of Transcendental Meditation and its advanced technique—the TM-Sidhi program. Consequently, instruction in these technologies can be integrated easily and cost-effectively into the current training of the custodians of the Vedic tradition in India, who are known as“Vedic Pandits.” Thousands of these experts have already been trained in these technologies, and many thousands more are being trained in villages and cities across the country. From these will be culled the most proficient to comprise the core group of 9,000 experts.

At the center of India, the Global Peace Initiative has acquired 1,800 acres of land, and the basic infrastructure of roads, utilities, water, and communications is now in place. More than 200 buildings have been completed, capable of comfortably accommodating more than 2,000 peace-creating experts, and further construction is under way. At this current rate of progress, and with access to funding, we will soon complete facilities to house 9,000 experts so that we can accomplish, from this one place, the peace and security of the entire world.